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Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design

Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design

1800s
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This technique of using the inlays of iridescent mother-of-pearl and abalone shells has been practiced in Korea for over a thousand years,

Description

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).
  • ?-1990
    (Yoshiyuki Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1990-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cunningham, Michael R. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 135 www.jstor.org
    Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. Reproduced: p. 248
    Cunningham Michael R., "A Korean Lacquerware Box", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 42 no. 06, Summer 2002 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9 archive.org
    Hwang, Jii-hyeon, and Sadamu Kawada. Korean Lacquerware Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl: The Everlasting Beauty. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2010.
    Korean Lacquer Art: Aesthetic Perfection, Munich: Hirmer Publishers, 2012.
    Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 230-231, no. 127
  • Conversation about Diversity in Korean Embroidery Arts- Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-October 27, 2020).
    Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 238). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 26, 2013-January 12, 2015).
    Object in Focus: Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design, 1800s; Korea; (inlaid mother-of-pearl; 1990.15). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-September 15, 2002).
    Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 1992-January 3, 1993).
    Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).
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