ID: 700001854 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001854	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Sutradoos (box (container); unknown lacquerer; 1200/1300; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); AK-MAK-178; RM001.collect.2263)

Note: This box was made for the storage of holy Buddhist scriptures. At the end of the thirteenth century, a number of this type of boxes were made in Korea. They all have lids with angular corners and are richly decorated with a dense pattern of creeper-like chrysanthemum stalks made of inlaid mother-of-pearl and wire. Nearly all early Korean lacquerware has been lost. A small part has been preserved in Japan, where Korean decorative art was much admired. During two invasions at the end of the sixteenth century, the Japanese even brought Korean craftsmen back to Japan. This box was enlarged in Japan. The lower section with hexagonal decorations was added in the sixteenth or seventeenth century.

Titles:

Sutradoos (preferred,C,U,RP,Dutch-P,U,U)

Box for storing Buddhist texts (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

box (container) [300045643] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>)

Classifications:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Asian art

Creation Date: 1200/1300

Creator Display:

unknown lacquerer [preferred,VP]

anoniem [,VP]

lacquerer unknown Korean (Korean cultural designation) [500203575]

Locations:

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: AK-MAK-178; RM001.collect.2263

Credit Line: Bruikleen van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst.

Display Materials: lacquer on wood, mother of pearl, and wire

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	lacquer (material) [300014916]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

	mother of pearl [300011835]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <animal shell and shell material>)

	wire [300011063]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by product>)

Dimensions: 34 x 49.5 x 27.5 cm

Events:

exhibition: Werkloosheid in Nederland nu; 1978-01-30 - 1978-04-07

Cultures:

Korean (preferred)

Koryo

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	box (container) [300045643]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>) (AAT)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: bruikleen 1972

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... Bekijk het object extra groot Kist voor het bewaren van Sutra's.

Sources and Contributors:
Sutradoos	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-178/sutradoos; accessed 11 September 2012
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012) accessed 11 September 2012
Box for storing Buddhist texts	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-178?lang=en; accessed 11 September 2012

Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum]

....................... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-178?lang=en; accessed 11 September 2012

....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-178?lang=en; accessed 11 September 2012
Dutch	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-178/sutradoos; accessed 11 September 2012