Comb Chest (Jage Bitjeup) / Artist Unknown, Korea
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- Accession Number
- 2004/1.314
- Title
- Comb Chest (Jage Bitjeup)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- wood with mother-of-pearl inlay
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
- Dimensions
- 29.8 cm x 27.5 cm x 25.7 cm (11 3/4 in. x 10 13/16 in. x 10 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Furniture and Furniture Accessories
- Primary Object Type
- chest
- Secondary Object Classification
- Wood and Woodcarving
- Secondary Object Type
- furniture
- Physical Description
- This laquer comb chest with mother-of-pearl inlays has images of phoenixes and their babies, and deer on the top drawer, and tortoises and mandarin ducks on the bottom drawer, each in a pair. The handles are in the shape of bats.
- Subject Matter
- These elegant pieces decorated with lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlays were part of the personal furniture of a wealthy Korean lady. Due to the strict visual codes in the Joseon period, lavish mother-of-pearl inlays were almost entirely limited to objects for women’s quarters.
- Animals and plants associated with conjugal happiness and longevity often appear in pieces for women’s quarters. The handles are in the shape of bats, which were believed to be lucky. The Korean word for bat, pok, is a homonym of the word meaning happiness.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- components and systems
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
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- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sets (groups)
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2004/1.314
- Link to this Item
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"Comb Chest (Jage Bitjeup); Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.314/2004_1_314.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
