id:			154239
accession number:	1988.54
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.54
updated:		2023-08-23 23:02:42.718000

Incense Box with Dragon Design, 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Painted wood with flattened ox-horn inlay; diameter: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); overall: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1988.54

title:				Incense Box with Dragon Design
title in original language:	용무늬 화각함 (龍文華角函)
series:				
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creation date:			1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1999
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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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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catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Diameter: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); Overall: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

	title:		Scholar's Studio
	opening date:   1989-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Scholar's Studio</i>. 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
	<i>Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 1992-January 3, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Masaaki Yoshida, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1988
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1988-
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	citations: 	


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fun fact:
This box is made of small flattened pieces of oxhorn. Since oxhorn is rather small, possibly dozens of them were used to fully decorate even a small wooden object like this box.

digital description:
This incense 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. The lid of this container is colorfully illustrated with the imagery of a dragon amid clouds deemed as an auspicious symbol, and its side presents flying dragon and phoenix following one after another.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“The Year in Review for 1988.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 76, no. 2, 1989, pp. 30–75.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 75, no. 218
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160061

	Ye, Yong-hae. "Hwagakjang." <em>Ye Yong-hae j</em>eonjip<em>. </em>Seoul: Daewonsa, 1997.
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	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]." <em>Silhaksasang yeongu </em>15-16 (January 2000): 543-612.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Article/NODE01150354

	<em>Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
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	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]." <em>Yeoksaminsokhak </em>50 (June 2016): 277-309.
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	url:		http://www.riss.kr/link?id=A101995759

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