Antique Korean Scholar's Portable Ink Well and Brush
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Pre 1900 item# 917397 (stock# 0398)
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Rare Choson Period Korean Scholar's Portable Ink Well and Brush (Mukho). See Horim Museum's site to see 3 similar mukhos. This one is very special, as it includes the original brush, and is exquisitely carved copper with traces of silver inlay. Please look at the close-up photos here of the key fret pattern (based on ancient pictographs of thunder) on the handle, the pullocho mythical longevity plant on the back of the well, and especially the creative Dragon in Pullocho-Shaped Clouds on the lid. This is a very beautifully designed and inventive implement that would have been important to and highly respected by the traveling scholar. The handle ingeniously acts as a tube for the brush. As seen in the last photo here (#6), it pairs very nicely with the rare Choson Period Inkstone with lid on our site (Stock # 0397) and makes a very nice addition to any collection of Asian scholar's items. Length: 7.25 inches, 18.5 cm.
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Eunjangdo, Woman's Silver Dagger and Chopsticks
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Pre 1900 item# 838081 (stock# 0268)
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Eunjangdo, Woman's Silver Dagger and Chopsticks Set beautifully designed with Peonies (symbol of love), Chrysanthemums (for a fruitful life), Ducks and Cranes (for marital fidelity and bliss), lotus (purity), deer (longevity), and Clouds (Heaven). Eunjangdo, an ornamental dagger, was worn mostly by women of rank as a chest pendant and a symbol of their social standing. This dagger also served as a tool to save women from personal humiliation or peril, not by attacking an assailant but by killing themselves, under the Confucian moral obligation of medieval Korea 'to remain faithful to one spouse'. The silver chopsticks were used to detect poison in food. They are adorned with a peony leaf. A small silver cup with a lovely floral design is attached to the ring of the dagger's sheath. This very nice eunjangdo is much like the one in the The Collection of the National Folk Museum (page 72, photo 116). 6.25 inches, 16 cm.
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Stunning Blue Enamel Woman's Dagger and Chopsticks
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Pre 1910 item# 838089 (stock# 0269)
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A Rare and Stunning Blue Enamel Eunjangdo, Woman's Dagger and Chopsticks Set beautifully designed with the classic motif of Tigers under Pine Trees, with Butterfly and Bat symbols of good fortune, the Chrysanthemum symbol of prosperity, and the Lotus symbol of purity. Eunjangdo, an ornamental dagger, was worn mostly by women of rank as a chest pendant and a symbol of their social standing. This dagger also served as a tool to save women from personal humiliation or peril, not by attacking an assailant but by killing themselves, under the Confucian moral obligation of medieval Korea 'to remain faithful to one spouse'. The silver chopsticks were used to detect poison in food. A small and beautifully designed blue enamel cup is attached to the ring of the dagger's sheath. A rare and gorgeous piece of Korean folk art. 7 inches, 18 cm.
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