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                                   A SEVEN-SECTION CARVED BAMBOO BRUSH HOLDER                                                                     A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER TABLE
                                   JOSEON DYNASTY (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY)                                                                  JOSEON DYNASTY (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
                                   Carved with seven connected cylinders designed to hold brushes of                                              The hexafoil table set on six cabriole legs, finely decorated in
                                   different lengths, each cylinder carved with Longevity symbols of                                              inlaid mother-of-pearl with geometric patterns and floral scrolls of
                                   the Ten Signs of Long Life (Sipjangsaeng-do), the carved decoration                                            chrysanthemum on black lacuqer ground, applied with red lacquer
                                   stained and polished golden brown and the shallow recessed                                                     on the interior
                                   background areas and rims lacquered black                                                                      16æ x 10¡ x 8¿ in. (42.5 x 26.4 x 20.6 cm.)
                                   9 in. (22.9 cm.) high
                                                                                                                                                  $6,000-9,000
                                   $3,000-4,000
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