Korean Mother-Of-Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Stacking Nong Cabinet

Lot description

Korean hardwood chest-on-chest/ Nong cabinet, late 19th/ early 20th, inlaid throughout with mother-of-pearl flora and fauna motifs, mounted with etched silver-tone metal strapping, upper chest with two paneled doors, enclosing fixed-height shelf, framed by glass panes with worn, reverse-painted landscape scenes, above pair of hinged sliding panels revealing three drawers, lower fall-front chest enclosing open interior storage, on scroll feet, retaining copy of Seoul Furniture and Antique Company certificate, dated 1987, approx 79.5"h, 37"w, 18.75"d Provenance: Dallas, Texas: When the madness of collecting collides with connoisseurship