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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LOW TABLE
JOSEON DYNASTY (16TH-17TH CENTURY)
The rectangular table set on four short cabriole legs, decorated on
top and sides in inlaid mother-of-pearl and brass wires with scrolling
flowers and floral latticework
20¬ x 5¿ x 12º in. (52.5 x 13 x 31 cm.)
$20,000-30,000
EXHIBITED:
The Museum Yamato Bunkakan, Nara Prefecture, "50th Anniversary
Special Exhibition III - Lacquer," 2011.8.13-10.2.
For a nearly identical table, see Kawada Tei and Takahashi
Takahiro, eds., Korai Richo no raden (Mother-of-pearl inlay work of
the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty) (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha,
1986), pl. 17.