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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER STORAGE For a pair of document chests (mungap) in similar style in the
CHEST collection of the National Museum, Seoul, see Patricia Frick and
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH-20TH CENTURY) Soon-Chim Jung, eds., Korean Lacquer Art - Aesthetic Perfection, exh.
The lacquer chest elaborately designed with inlaid mother-of-pearl cat. (Münster: Museum of Lacquer Art, 2013), pl. 37.
with various motifs of animals and flowers on the front side, the top
with landscape and sides with swimming fish on a red ground, two
front doors hinged with butterfly mounts
27Ω x 19¬ x 4 in. (69.9 x 49.8 x 10.2 cm.)
$10,000-20,000