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~275
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID FOLIATE-SHAPED TRAY
JOSEON DYNASTY (16TH CENTURY)
Inlaid on the interior and exterior in mother-of-pearl with lotus
arabesques and circular geometric pattern on a black ground, the
foliate-shaped foot rim enclosing the base of red lacquer
17¡ in. (44.1 cm.) long
$20,000-30,000
The motif of scrolling peony is one of the characteristics of the
mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer works from Joseon Dynasty and had
been depicted on many of lacquer works. For a similar tray with
the same design in the collection of Metropolitan Museum, see J.
Watt, et al., East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving
Collection, 1991, p. 117, co. 152.
