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7022
A CARVED HARDWOOD INKSTONE
STAND
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 19th century
With two shallow compartments covered by
a two-section lid carved in sunken relief with
a pair of flying cranes holding fruiting peach
sprays in clouds, the single drawer at the
front carved with flowering peony bushes,
the back panel featuring a pair of Mandarin
ducks in a pond, applied overall with clear
lacquer
10 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 10 3/8in (26.2 x 42 x
26.5cm)
US$2,000 - 3,000

Another carved inkstone stand (yonsang)
of similar construction, but with mother-of-
pearl inlay, is illustrated in Kungnip Minsok
Pangmulgwan (National Folk Art Museum),
Han’guk ch’ilgi ich’ŏnnyŏn / 2000 Years of
Korean Lacquerware (Seoul, 1989), p. 101,
no. 77.

A slightly smaller and uncarved inkstone
stand is illustrated in Hongnam Kim, ed.,
Korean Arts of the Eighteenth Century:
Splendor & Simplicity, exh. cat., (New York: 7022
The Asia Society Gallery, 1993), p. 150,
pl. 62.

7023
A LACQUERED-WOOD TABLE WITH
MOTHER-OF-PEARL DECORATION
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 18th century
With black-lacquered rectangular surface
supported by legs connected to supports
of open-bow construction, the top inlaid
in mother-of-pearl with a wide band with
stylized blossoms and scrolling leafy tendrils
repeated on the sides, the underside illegibly
inscribed in red Kofuku-in ju [] no uchi and
dated Bunka san (nen) hachi gatsu (1806.8,
Kofuku-in #10 / [ ])
10 1/4 x 30 7/8 x 14 1/4in (26 x 78.8 x
36.2cm)

US$12,000 - 15,000
Another lacquered table with mother-of-
pearl inlay is illustrated in Hwang Jihyun and
Kawada Sadamu, Najon chi’ilgi: ch’onnyon 7023
ul io on pit / Korean Lacquer Wares: The
Everlasting Beauty, exh. cat. (Seoul, 2006),
p. 81, pl. 31

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