A SILVER AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER STATIONARY BOX, JOSEON DYNASTY Korea, 17th to 18th century. The exterior with a chocolate-brown coating, the interior and underside of the cover lacquered red. The mother-of-pearl inlays neatly incised and forming the image of two confronting dragons flanking a flaming jewel with a backdrop of scalloped clouds, on the cover and all four sides, framed by inlaid floral and thin silver borders. The red-lacquered interior tray is removable. Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection and thence by descent within the same family to the present owner. Condition: Overall good condition, consistent with age, natural cracks with associated losses, minor losses to inlays and rims, few touch ups, the four little feet are possibly later replacements. Weight: 1,002 g Dimensions: Size 31 x 12 x 17 cm Literature comparison: Compare a related inlaid lacquer box and cover, dating to the 19th century and with similar dragons, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2015.500.3.7a, b. Auction result comparison: Compare a related but later inlaid lacquer box and cover, dated to the early 20th century, at Christie's New York in The Ten Signs of Long Life, The Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art on 18 March 2014, lot 706, sold for USD 16,250. 朝鮮王朝黑漆鑲螺鈿雲龍戲珠方盒 韓國，十七至十八世紀。盒外壁髹黑漆，蓋子內部和底面上紅漆。螺鈿鑲嵌整齊，祥雲之中兩條云龍戲珠，兩側飾鑲嵌螺鈿祥雲。蓋子和所有四個側面邊框為螺鈿錦地紋。紅漆托盤可拆卸。 來源：奧地利私人老收藏，保存在同一家族直至現任藏家 品相：總體狀況良好，與年齡一致，自然裂縫與缺損，螺鈿鑲嵌和邊緣有輕微損失，少量修補，四個小足可能是後來安裝的。 重量：1,002 克 尺寸：31 x 12 x 17 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件二十世紀初的鑲螺鈿蓋盒，見紐約佳士得The Ten Signs of Long Life, The Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art 2014年3月18日 lot 706，售價USD 16,250。