Cleveland Museum of Art
Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and twisted brass and copper wire
- Culture
- Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- Department
- Korean Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 155420
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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). This technique of using the inlays of iridescent mother-of-pearl and abalone shells has been practiced in Korea for over a thousand years.
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- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
- Provenance
- ?–1990: (Yoshiyuki Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1990–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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