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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
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