Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design
Cleveland Museum of Art

Scroll Box with Dragon and Phoenix Design

1800s

lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and twisted brass and copper wire
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This technique of using the inlays of iridescent mother-of-pearl and abalone shells has been practiced in Korea for over a thousand years,

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