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Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design
1700s-1800s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This large rectangular box was designed for keeping a scroll or an important document. The mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer rendering of a dragon and phoenix combines texture, color, and shape to produce a dazzling effect. The large and prominent designs of the Joseon-period inlaid lacquer, like on this box, replaced the fine detail and mosaic-like patterns popular in the Goryeo period (918-1392).
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- Title: Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design
- Date Created: 1700s-1800s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 11.5 x 11.6 x 87 cm (4 1/2 x 4 9/16 x 34 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: (Yoshiyuki Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Lacquer
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.15
- Medium: lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and twisted brass and copper wire
- Original Title: 나전 용·봉황무늬 서류함 (螺鈿龍鳳文書類函)
- Fun Fact: This technique of using the inlays of iridescent mother-of-pearl and abalone shells has been practiced in Korea for over a thousand years,
- Department: Korean Art
- Culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
- Credit Line: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
- Collection: Korean Art
- Accession Number: 1990.15
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