id: 101636 accession number: 1920.37 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.37 updated: Box with Painted Oxhorn, 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Painted wood with flattened ox-horn inlay; overall: 16.5 x 28.6 cm (6 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Purchase Fund 1920.37 title: Box with Painted Oxhorn title in original language: 화각함 (華角函) series: series in original language: creation date: 1800s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1899 current location: creditline: Sundry Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) technique: painted wood with flattened ox-horn inlay department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Miscellaneous find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 16.5 x 28.6 cm (6 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Scholar's Studio opening date: 1989-09-26T04:00:00 Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 26-December 31, 1989). title: Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art opening date: 1992-09-22T04:00:00 Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 1992-January 3, 1993). title: Korean Gallery 236 Rotation opening date: 2017-07-10T04:00:00 Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 10, 2017-January 8, 2018). title: Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea opening date: 2020-03-07T05:00:00 Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 7-October 25, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (John Soo Ahrn, Columbus, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1920 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1920- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This box is made of small flattened pieces of oxhorn. Since oxhorn is usually rather small, possibly dozens of them were used to fully decorate even a small wooden object like this box. digital description: wall description: This box is colorfully decorated with the technique of oxhorn plating. The oxhorn was cut, soaked in water, boiled, and then pressed into thin translucent sheets. Since oxhorns are usually rather small, dozens of them were required to fully decorate even a small wooden object. This box is colorfully painted with the imagery of auspicious plants and animals such as dragons amid clouds, a white tiger under the pine tree, a grazing deer, and more. This kind of luxurious box was probably produced as a wedding gift. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014. page number: url: Ye, Yong-hae. "Hwagakjang." Ye Yong-hae jeonjip. Seoul: Daewonsa, 1997. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Article/2852677 Jeong, Myeong-ho. "Hangukgongye gwahakgisulbaldalsa: hwagakgongyee daehan yeongureul jungsimeuro [韓國工藝 科學技術發達史: 華角工藝에 대한 연구를 중심으로]." Silhaksasang yeongu 15-16 (January 2000): 543-612. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Article/NODE01150354 Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 254 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 31 url: Hong, Sun-ah. "A Study on Phoenix Pattern of Hwagak Craft from Late Chosun Period to Early 20th Century [화각공예(華角工藝)의 특성에 관한 연구 : 화각함 중심으로]." Yeoksaminsokhak 50 (June 2016): 277-309. page number: url: http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A101995759 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.37/1920.37_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.37/1920.37_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.37/1920.37_full.tif