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Flower-shaped box with stylized chrysanthemums


나전국당초문화형합, 螺鈿菊唐草文花形盒
Korean
Goryeo dynasty
13th-14th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and painted tortoiseshell
Dimensions H. 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.), diam. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession Number34.69a-b
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsLacquer works

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), p. 63
Provenance1934, gift of Charles Bain Hoyt (b. 1889 - d. 1949), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 1934)