Box decorated with flowers and clouds

Korea

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Though lacquerware was produced in quantity rather than as unique objects, lacquer artisans could use the same design schema to create different effects. Blossoms and leaves, clouds, and dots are arranged compositionally in the same manner on both boxes, but the enlarged motifs on the box at right, inlaid solely in mother-of-pearl, take center stage and nearly cover its entire surface. Along with shell, the box at left features twisted wire and tortoiseshell inlaid in lacquer to create delicate, tonally varied decoration.

Box decorated with flowers and clouds, Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Korea

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Box decorated with flowers and clouds, Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Korea
Box decorated with flowers and clouds, Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Korea

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