Mirror Box / Artist Unknown, Korea
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.61
- Title
- Mirror Box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and brass? fittings
- 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 Ellen and Richard Laing
- Dimensions
- 13 cm x 18.8 cm x 26.6 cm (5 1/8 in. x 7 3/8 in. x 10 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Primary Object Type
- box
- Secondary Object Classification
- Furniture and Furniture Accessories
- Physical Description
- This mirror box is decorated with lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid designs. Thelid of the box opens upwards, and has brass hinges and a closure in the sahpe of a flower. The lower drawer has a handle in the shape of a bat.
- Subject Matter
- Due to the strict visual codes in the Joseon period, lavish mother-of-pearl inlays were almost entirely limited to objects for wealthy women’s quarters.
- Animals and plants associated with conjugal happiness and longevity often appear in pieces for women’s quarters. The drawer pull in the shape of a bat has auspicious connotations. The Korean word for bat, pok, is a homonym of the word meaning happiness.
- Secondary Keywords
- ball game equipment
- ball striking or snaring and throwing equipment
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- containers
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for competitive activities
- settlements and landscapes
- sports and athletic equipment
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3424 x 2292
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2006/2.61
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-2.61/2006_2.61.jpg
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"Mirror Box; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-2.61/2006_2.61.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
