Bronze, dragon and tiger motif
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1750-1800
On one side is a square brass plaque bearing an oval looped handle. On the opposite side is a tiger with fungus, pine tree, rock and clouds. The longer sides have landscape scenes with figures.
Dragons in clouds on the top. During the Choson period (1392-1910) boxes such as this one were used by wealthy gentlemen as storage containers for tobacco, which had been grown and smoked in Korea since the early seventeenth century, when it was introduced from Japan. As is typical of tobacco boxes, also this example is decorated with a large number of auspicious patterns, including pine trees, rocks, clouds and fungi.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 5.8 cm; Width 10 cm; Depth 6.1 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Cast bronze
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Korea
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O35173
- Museum object number
- FE.232&A-1974
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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