id: 155420
accession number: 1990.15
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Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design, 1700s-1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and twisted brass and copper wire; overall: 11.5 x 11.6 x 87 cm (4 1/2 x 4 9/16 x 34 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1990.15
title: Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design
title in original language: 나전 용·봉황무늬 서류함 (螺鈿龍鳳文書類函)
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creation date: 1700s-1800s
creation date earliest: 1700
creation date latest: 1899
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creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
technique: lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and twisted brass and copper wire
department: Korean Art
collection: Korean Art
type: Lacquer
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 11.5 x 11.6 x 87 cm (4 1/2 x 4 9/16 x 34 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Notable Acquisitions
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).
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: Object in Focus: Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design, 1800s; Korea; (inlaid mother-of-pearl; 1990.15)
opening date: 2002-07-16T00:00:00
Object in Focus: Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design, 1800s; Korea; (inlaid mother-of-pearl; 1990.15). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 16-September 15, 2002).
title: Conversation about Diversity in Korean Embroidery Arts- Korean Gallery 236 Rotation
opening date: 2020-01-27T05:00:00
Conversation about Diversity in Korean Embroidery Arts- Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 27-October 27, 2020).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Object in Focus: Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16- September 15, 2002).
* Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 238). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 26, 2013-January 12, 2015).
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PROVENANCE
(Yoshiyuki Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1990
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1990-
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fun fact:
This technique of using the inlays of iridescent mother-of-pearl and abalone shells has been practiced in Korea for over a thousand years,
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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).
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cunningham, Michael R. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 135
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319
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.
page number: Reproduced: p. 248
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Hwang, Jii-hyeon, and Sadamu Kawada. Korean Lacquerware Inlaid with Mother-of-Pearl: The Everlasting Beauty. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2010.
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Korean Lacquer Art: Aesthetic Perfection, Munich: Hirmer Publishers, 2012.
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IMAGES
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