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A POLYCHROME WOOD MODEL OF AN ATTENDANT This sculpture of a boy attendant is called Dongja in Korean.
FIGURE (DONGJA) Dongja often depicted as a boy holding offerings to gods such as
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH-20TH CENTURY) auspicious animals, fruits or flowers. For a similar sculptures in the
Clasping in the hands a container of offerings, the inner robe white collection of Brooklyn Museum, image accessible online ( https://
and the outer robe red with black edging, the head and hands white, www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/163443)
the hair black with red accents at the bases of the topknots, the
drapery on the reverse falling in three u-shaped, overlapping folds
colored red
22º in. (56.5 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
