A KOREAN SILVER-INLAID IRON TOBACCO BOX AND COVER

A KOREAN SILVER-INLAID IRON TOBACCO BOX AND COVER

JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

The rectangular body decorated to each side with auspicious Chinese ideographs including the character fu (luck), the hinged cover with the circular symbol for shou (longevity), all reserved on a complex background of key fret, spirals and other geometric patterns, the inside of the box lined in wood, 9.2cm x 10.6cm x 14.5cm.

See Asian Art II, 15th November 2016, lot 515 for a comparable box from the collection of John Newall Esq. sold in these rooms.