Fitted chest with the character of 'double happiness' (ham)

Korean Collection

Accession Nr.: 58.100.1-2
Type: furniture; object for daily use
Date of production:
Early 20th century
Republican period
Place of production:
Materials: camphorwood
Techniques: lacquered
Dimensions: height: 36.6 cm
length: 59 cm
depth: 32.6 cm
This fitted chest is a rectangular dowry chest (ham) made of camphorwood coated with black lacquer. Most probably, it belonged to a series of chests that fitted into each other. Normally, the chest were placed of the top of high cabinets. Donated by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1958