Box with Double-Dragon Design / Artist Unknown, Korea
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.8
- Title
- Box with Double-Dragon Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell, and copper wire inlays
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 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 Linda Dresner Levy and Ed Levy, Jr.
- Dimensions
- 19.5 cm x 77 cm x 45 cm (7 11/16 in. x 30 5/16 in. x 17 11/16 in.)
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Primary Object Type
- box
- Secondary Object Classification
- Furniture and Furniture Accessories
- Physical Description
- Lacquered wooden box with inlaid mother-of-pearl in double-dragon design. The heads of each dragon stretch diagonally inward from opposite corners of the box, with wide eyes and open mouths. Their bodies curve in and out of the top plane of the box, creating an opposing effect with symmetrical balance. The dragons reach forward towards a flaming orb in the center of the box, called a cintamani, or Buddhist wish-granting jewel. Among the dragons are swirling cloud designs made of inlaid nacre and copper wire.
- Subject Matter
- Box decorated with double-dragons reaching for cintamani (Buddhist wish-granting jewel).
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
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- containers by form
- descriptors
- legendary creatures
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- wood and wood products
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 4544 x 2964
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.8
- Link to this Item
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"Box with Double-Dragon Design; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.8/2007_2_8.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
