Title:
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Cup and Saucer
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Description:
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Cup and saucer of beaten silver with enameled decoration. The cup is decorated with a Korean three-color Taegeuk (太極) on two sides, and with the words in English 'Seoul, Korea, 1904' on the other. The saucer is decorated with four stylised Chinese characters. Crudely scratched into the base of both cup and saucer are the characters 大韓帝國, 羅峻英制造, 京城廣泉 which reads 'Greater Korean Empire [1897-1910), made by Najun Yeoung, Seoul [Gyeongseong - the name given to Seoul during this era], Gwangchon'.
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Attribution:
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null
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Date:
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1904
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Primary Maker:
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Yeoung Najun
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Medium:
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Hammered silver with enamel decoration
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Dimensions:
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Overall (of cup): 2 3/4 × 2 15/16 in. (7 × 7.5 cm) Overall (of saucer): 7/8 × 5 3/8 in. (2.2 × 13.7 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Estate of Ethel Behncke
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Object number:
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1986.164a-b
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