id:			101636
accession number:	1920.37
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.37
updated:		2025-10-09 11:06:51.345000
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)
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Sundry Purchase Fund
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culture:	Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
technique:	painted wood with flattened ox-horn inlay
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Miscellaneous
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measurements: Overall: 16.5 x 28.6 cm (6 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
	title:		Scholar's Studio
	opening date:   1989-09-19T04:00:00
	Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
	(John Soo Ahrn, Columbus, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1920
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1920–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
	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.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Article/NODE01150354
	Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
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	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
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	“A Walking Tour: The entire new museum wing by wing, with curators calling out a few favorite works in the collection.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 54, no. 1 (January/February 2014): 8-33.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 29
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2014-01/page/n27/mode/2up
	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.
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	url:		http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A101995759
	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.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 227–229, no. 126
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IMAGES
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