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Master
Hwankyeong Kim
Work
No. 1
Description
A black lacquer box worked in dense repeat: chrysanthemum heads in red, violet, and pewter cover the case in a continuous field, broken only by an inlaid octagonal clasp. The pattern reads as field rather than illustration, no single motif is asked to carry the surface alone.
Technique
Chaehwa Chilgi: repeating motifs drawn by hand in lacquer pigment, layer upon layer, rather than inlaid; a technique historically prior to najeon (mother-of-pearl inlay) in Korea.
Dimensions
On inquiry
Design year
On inquiry
Availability through inquiry.
Masters
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Lacquer