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Source Description
This mother-of-pearl lacquer tray is decorated with various scenes of animals interacting with their natural surroundings. Its flat circular base depicts a pond where a leaping carp and a small school of fish swim below the boughs of a cherry tree. The tray’s exterior wall is densely decorated with various animals paired with plants symbolizing wishful thoughts of longevity, marital happiness, and prosperity.
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Document identity
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153738
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Tray for Sewing Tools with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
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153738
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Tray for Sewing Tools with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
description
This mother-of-pearl lacquer tray is decorated with various scenes of animals interacting with their natural surroundings. Its flat circular base depicts a pond where a leaping carp and a small school of fish swim below the boughs of a cherry tree. The tray’s exterior wall is densely decorated with various animals paired with plants symbolizing wishful thoughts of longevity, marital happiness, and prosperity.
date
1800s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79939933
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Lacquer
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 33.1 cm (13 1/16 in.); Overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
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Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
accession
1987.42
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lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay
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Tray for Sewing Tools with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay (나전 칠기 반짇그릇 [螺鈿漆器箱子]), 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; diameter: 33.1 cm (13 1/16 in.); overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1987.42
titleInOriginalLanguage
나전 칠기 반짇그릇 [螺鈿漆器箱子]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
Many thin layers of lacquer were applied to the tray's leather core. The design was cut into the dry lacquer and then the mother-of-pearl was inserted.
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 2 (February 1988): 30–71.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 71, no. 197
citation
Hwang, Ji-hyeon and Sadamu Kawada<em>. Korean Lacquerware Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl: the Everlasting Beauty</em>. Seoul: National Museum of Korea: 2010.
citation
<em>Korean Lacquer Art: Aesthetic Perfection, </em>Munich: Hirmer Publishers, 2013.
citation
<em>Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
citation
McCormick, Sooa Im. "Stitches empowered: Korean embroidery arts form the Joseon Dynasty"<em> Orientations</em> 51, no. 1 (2020): 60–67.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 63, fig. 5
citation
Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 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.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 232–233, no. 128
creditline
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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2026-05-29 07:56:54.163000
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153738
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay
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