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Trefoil-shaped covered box with decoration of chrysanthemums

ca.12th century
Not on view
Lacquer, celadon, or bronze ensembles composed of four trefoil boxes surrounding a larger round or flower-shaped box served as containers for cosmetics or incense. Very few Goreyo-period lacquer boxes with mother-of-pearl inlay have survived; this is a particularly fine example.

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Object Information
  • 나전 대모 칠 국화 넝쿨 무늬 꽃 모양 합 고려
  • 螺鈿玳瑁漆菊唐草文半花形盒 高麗
  • Title: Trefoil-shaped covered box with decoration of chrysanthemums
  • Period: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
  • Date: ca.12th century
  • Culture: Korea
  • Medium: Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl and tortoise shell over pigment and brass wire
  • Dimensions: H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); L. 4 in. (10.2 cm); D. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)


  • Classification: Lacquer
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.215.41a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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