Box decorated with grapes and butterflies
Sohn Daehyun, who works in the long tradition of Korean lacquer, called ottchil (옻칠), and mother-of-pearl art, has been recognized with the designation as Seoul Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 1 Chiljang-Ottchil [서울무형문화재 제1호 칠장(옻칠) 보유자]. On this box, the artist wonderfully adapts the grapevine, a subject more often found on ceramics and in painting. Sohn also includes butterflies, a whimsical motif of which he is particularly fond.
Artwork Details
- 손대현 포도무늬 함
- 孫大鉉 葡萄文 函
- Title: Box decorated with grapes and butterflies
- Artist: Sohn Daehyun (Korean, born 1949)
- Date: 2016
- Culture: Korea
- Medium: Ottchil lacquer, wood, hemp, and mother-of-pearl
- Dimensions: H. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); W. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); L. 11 9/16 in. (29.3 cm)
- Classification: Lacquer
- Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2021
- Object Number: 2021.406a–d
- Rights and Reproduction: © Sohn Daehyun
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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