Catalogue Description:
This box was used to store women's valuables. The scroll pattern and the large peonies are reminiscent of mid-Joseon dynasty styles, but the decorative pattern of the lock, and top handle, and the octagonal taegeuk (yin and yang symbol) motif are typical characteristics of the late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century design. The inside is covered with paper.
From "Korean Art Collection in the Brooklyn Museum" catalogue.
