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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.7
Title
Covered Circular Box, the Cover with a Stylized "Double Hŭi" Character, the Box with Four Cartouches round its Side Walls, the Cartouches Depicting a Turtle, a Crab, a Fish, and a Shrimp, all the Decorative Motifs on Box and Cover Set against a Diapered Ground
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
late 19th-early 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/174789

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
Dimensions
H. 5.5 x D. 8.7 cm (2 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[William Lipton Ltd., New York, (2001)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of David M. Leventhal
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.7
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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