Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls
Scholarly men collected and used stationery boxes like this to hold paper and writing implements. A rare example of early Joseon lacquer, the box’s ornate design of peony blossoms and acanthus-like leaves illustrates the expansion of sophisticated Goryeo-dynasty techniques and traditions. Peony blossoms of similar form can be found on inlaid buncheong ware; the stylized acanthus-like leaves are distinctive to this example and to the few other extant boxes of its type, which are nearly identical.
Artwork Details
- 나전 칠 모란 넝쿨 무늬 서류함 조선
- 螺鈿漆牡丹唐草文書類函 朝鮮
- Title: Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls
- Period: Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- Date: 15th–16th century
- Culture: Korea
- Medium: Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl; brass fittings
- Dimensions: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); L. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
- Classification: Lacquer
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.500.3.1a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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1565
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15th century
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