Floral Scrolls Decorative Box - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sale - Floral Scrolls Decorative Box

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The technique of making small lacquer objects was developed as early as 7000 B.C. in China, and later spread to Japan and Korea. The lacquer used was made from the sap of the rhus vernicifera tree, a varnish that differed from others because of its slow-drying, water-based nature. Upon exposure to air, the resin undergoes a molecular change and then sets, producing a durable, water-resistant finish. As the technique was refined, lacquered objects were exquisitely decorated, often with floral or scroll motifs. The Museum’s decorative box is based on an original 15th-century stationery box from Korea, made with lacquer and decorated using a scrolling vine inlay of mother-of-pearl. The vine covers the entire surface of the original, featuring three different types of flowers growing on the same vine and large acanthus-type leaves with their characteristic curled-back ends. The only time these elements appeared together in the decorative arts of East Asia was in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.

Wood, with a black lacquer finish and mother-of-pearl inlays. Length 7 in., width 3 in., height 2 1/4 in.

Original price $200

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Floral Scrolls Decorative Box
06-017552
Member Price: $67.50 each
Non-Member Price: $75.00 each

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