Rare 19th Century Korean Joseon Dynasty Scholar Ink Stone Box with Compartment. The box probably belonged to a person name Choi, Sa Sook as written on inside compartment.

Inside of the box has a compartment with calligraphy writings in black ink. I had it translated by someone who is well versed in Chinese characters and it says " March 28, Tuesday Choi, Sa Sook (name of owner)

written record of events with December 28th being the last day he kept written record of certain events. Basically personal memo/record of certain events from March Tuesday to December 28th (year unwritten).

The contents (brushes, book, ink stone and ink) are NOT included in SALE. They are for display purpose only.

Kept in storage for over 50 years. 

Age: Last 2 quarters of 1800

Provenance: Private collection from South Korea, brought to the U.S. in the early 80's. Part of large private collection of Korean furniture purchased during missionary mission in Korea from 1940's to early 1980's. 

This item was stored in a storage since early 1980 so they are not always in clean. It's been collecting dust but I did clean up as much as possible without damaging the item. 

Item is in good condition overall with wear, possible old repair, cracks, splitting, loss of lacquer, tear, discoloration, smudges and loss of wood. 

Please see photos as part of description.

Dimensions: 13.5"L x 7.11"D x 8.1"H

Weights approximately: 4.6LBS

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