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Antique Korean Scholar's Portable Ink Well and Brush browse these categories for related items... All Items: Korean: Metalwork: Pre 1900: item #917397 Please refer to our stock #0398 when inquiring.
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| Rare Choson Period Korean Scholar's Portable Ink Well and Brush (Mukho). See Horim Museum's site to see 3 similar mukhos. This one is very special, as it includes the original brush, and is exquisitely carved copper with traces of silver inlay. Please look at the close-up photos here of the key fret pattern (based on ancient pictographs of thunder) on the handle, the pullocho mythical longevity plant on the back of the well, and especially the creative Dragon in Pullocho-Shaped Clouds on the lid. This is a very beautifully designed and inventive implement that would have been important to and highly respected by the traveling scholar. The handle ingeniously acts as a tube for the brush. As seen in the last photo here (#6), it pairs very nicely with the rare Choson Period Inkstone with lid on our site (Stock # 0397) and makes a very nice addition to any collection of Asian scholar's items. Length: 7.25 inches, 18.5 cm. | ||