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Subject:Korean Apothecary Cabinet
Posted By: Jim Wed, Oct 10, 2012 IP: 66.190.99.178
My understanding when I bought this cabinet about 30 years ago was that it is Korean, and an apothecary cabinet. Is this a correct assumption or am I astray? Tjanks for any comments, Jim







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Subject:Re: Korean Apothecary Cabinet
Posted By: Mat Thu, Oct 18, 2012
Hi Jim, your assumption is correct.

Subject:Re: Korean Apothecary Cabinet
Posted By: Jim Thu, Oct 18, 2012
Thank you Matt, any other details available, eg. age, meaning of characters on the drawers, are they for herbs?

Subject:Re: Korean Apothecary Cabinet
Posted By: Mat Fri, Oct 19, 2012
Yes herbs, roots, flowers but also dried animal parts and the like. The inscriptions on the drawers indicate what is inside unfortunately I can't read Chinese characters. For age I would say somewhere around the mid 20th century. Your chest is quite a bit smaller than the usual medicine chests, the wing top is quite unusual for this type of furniture as is this type of door on the bottom.

Subject:Re: Korean Apothecary Cabinet
Posted By: Jim Sat, Oct 20, 2012
Mat, thanks once more for your time and knowledge, much appreciated, Jim

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