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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND LACQUER INCENSE STAND, KANGXI A RARE JOSEON STATIONARY BOX WITH INLAID DRAGONS,
Wood with black lacquer coating and inlaid mother of pearl 15th – 16th CENTURY
China, Kangxi period (1661-1722) Lacquered wood with mother of pearl and silver inlays
Korea, 15th – 16th centuries in the Joseon Dynasty ġ
Finely inlaid in slivers of iridescent mother-of-pearl with a landscape depicting several pavilions
scattered on rocky shores interlinked by arched bridges and lined with a variety of trees and a
waterfall, with three flat-bottomed boats drifting on rippling waters and the moon rising between The mother of pearl inlays on this early Choson Dynasty
misty mountains in the distance, the apron detailed with clusters of chrysanthemum flanked by lacquered wooden box are all neatly incised and form the image
sprays of camellias within meander and cloud borders and fern leaves draping the legs. of two confronted dragons facing off on either side of a flaming
jewel with a backdrop of scalloped clouds, on the lid and all four
Shape: Rectangular shape with flat tabletop, resting on a curved framework with four contoured feet sides. These mythical scenes are framed by floral inlaid borders
Dimensions: 47 x 35 x 9 cm. and thin silver borders all around.
Condition: Good condition with some missing inlays here and there, some age cracks, some
chipping, some touch ups to the black lacquer specifically around the feet, some wear and some Inside the box is a tray which can be taken out, lacquered in red 份夳䘬㛅歖䌳㛅⳴坢懧Ⱦ䤍暚梃漵ȿ㕡䙺
minor stains same as the interior and the underside of the lid. The exterior 㛐偶ᶲ㺮炻⳴坢懧␴戨
Provenance: Canadian private collection. shows a chocolate brown lacquer coating. 杻⚳, ⋩Ḽ军⋩ℕᶾ䲨㛅歖䌳㛅

Literature comparison: Sotheby’s, Chinese Art through the Eye of Sakamoto Goro, 08 OCT 2013, Shape: Rectangular box 忁ẞ㖑㛇㛅歖䌳㛅湹㺮㛐䙺ᶲ搚⳴䘬䍵䎈居㭵炻ℐ悐㔜滲↯√炻
HONG KONG, lot 166. (for another, yet round incense stand from the same period and with an Dimensions: 31 cm (length), 12 cm (height), 17 cm (width) ⛐䀓䎈䘬ℑ“⼊ㆸ暁漵⮵ⲁ⯨朊ˤ⚃␐䤍暚䑘丆ˤ忁䤆娙凔䘬⟜
almost identical design) Condition: consistent with age, age crack to lid, very minor 㘗⚃怲䓙剙⋱䲳坢懧冯戨刚怲㟮㥳ㆸˤ
material loss to inlays or rims, few touch ups, the four little feet
⹟䅁⢾扟湹㺮㍷慹⳴居㭵楁㟰 are later additions 䙺⫸ℏ悐㗗ᶨᾳ㈀䚌炻⎗ẍ⍾↢炻ᶲ䲭㺮炻冯ℏ悐␴味⫸䘬ᶳ“
㛸㕁ˣ柼刚ˣ㈨埻␴≇傥烉㛐偶炻忂橼檡湹㺮㍷慹᷎搚⳴居㭵 Provenance: Austrian private collection 䚠⎴ˤ⢾悐栗䣢㶙墸刚㺮⟿Ⰼˤ
ᷕ⚳炻⹟䅁⸜攻炷1661-1722炸
䱦伶䘬戨刚居㭵搚⳴炻㟰朊㍷丒㚰ᶳⰙ攻㦻敋⮷㧳㳩㯜炻⚃␐⚵丆卲剙 Literature comparison: For two other Joseon Dynasty dragon 㕡⼊
䲳ˣ暟䲳ˣ䤍暚䲳冯丷㝅䲳ˤ inlaid lacquer boxes, later in the Joseon Dynasty see The ⯢⮠烉31 x 12 x 17cm (攟x檀x⮔)
⼊䉨烉䞑⼊炻㟴朊⸛㔜炻⚃嵛ℭ⻶ Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, “Splendors of Korean 冯⸜ẋ䚠䫎炻味⫸悐↮㚱攳塪炻搚⳴䈑␴怲䶋悐↮㛸㕁㎵⣙⼰
⯢⮠烉47 x 35 x 9⍀䰛 Art,” October 1, 2016–September 22, 2018, Accession Nr. ⮹炻⮹㚱䡘妠炻⚃嵛䁢⼴㛇㶣伖
⑩䚠列⤥炻 ⯨悐㚱㛸㕁仢⣙炻㚱冯⸜ẋ䚠䫎䘬塪䷓炻湹㺮∅句炻䈡⇍㗗 ‘2015.500.3.7a, b’ and Christie’s, The Ten Signs of Long Life: The ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
⚃嵛㚱ᶨṃ䢐㎵␴㰉㻔 Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art, 18 March 2014, NEW 㔯䌣⍫侫烉⎎⢾ℑẞ㛅歖䌳㛅漵䲳搚⳴㺮䙺⎗夳䲸䲬⣏悥㚫喅埻
≈㊧⣏䥩Ṣ㓞啷 YORK, lot 706. ⌂䈑棐”Splendors of Korean Art” ⯽奥炻2016⸜10㚰1㖍-2018
㔯䌣㭼庫烉喯⭴㭼炻Chinese Art through the Eye of Sakamoto Goro ⸜9㚰22㖍, 䶐嘇 ‘2015.500.3.7a, b’ 冯Ἓ⢓⼿The Ten Signs of
2013⸜10㚰8㖍炻楁㷗炻㉵嘇166.炷ᶨ䚜Ἦ冒⎴㗪ẋ⸦᷶⎴姕妰䘬楁㟰炸 For inlaid lacquer stationary boxes, dating to the same period Long Life: The Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art, 2014⸜3
as our example see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New 㚰18㖍炻䲸䲬炻706嘇㉵⑩ˤ
Estimate EUR 600,- York, “Splendors of Korean Art,” October 1, 2016–September
Starting price EUR 300,- 22, 2018, Accession Nr. ‘2015.500.3.1a, b’ and Sotheby’s, 喯⭴㭼˪ṯ䃙ᷳ䍵䍑烉ᷕ⚳䒟☐⍲ⶍ喅䱦⑩ - 喅㴟奨㾌烉⛪㛔Ḽ
PLAYTHINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDWARD T. CHOW, 恶䍵啷Ṇ㳚㺮☐˫炻2014⸜5㚰27㖍炻楁㷗炻901嘇㉵⑩ˤ
CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, ASIAN LACQUER,
27 MAY 2014, HONG KONG, lot 901. Estimate EUR 800,-
Starting price EUR 400,-

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