{"id":263010,"date":"2025-12-16T16:43:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=263010"},"modified":"2026-06-15T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:37:41","slug":"antique-mirror-vanity-box-in-zelkova-wood-korea-circa-1900-am30027","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-mirror-vanity-box-in-zelkova-wood-korea-circa-1900-am30027\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique mirror vanity box in zelkova wood \u2013 Korea, circa 1900"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <strong>antique Korean mirror vanity box<\/strong> is a <em>gyeongdae with a folding mirror<\/em> in <em>zelkova wood<\/em>, with brass fittings and a double-door cabinet beneath the lid. It originates from Korea, from the Korean Empire period, around 1900, where zelkova was worked with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery.<\/p>\n<p>The gyeongdae was a piece of the lady&#8217;s dressing set and part of the Korean bridal trousseau: the bride brought it to the marital home to keep combs, cosmetics and small jewellery. A mirror rose from beneath the lid for grooming, while the lower body held storage in a closed compartment.<\/p>\n<p>The body is zelkova with a strongly radiating grain, built with mortise-and-tenon joinery on an openwork base. The top lifts and the mirror, on a hinged support, stands upright. The doors and edges are dressed with pierced brass fittings \u2014 butterfly hinges, a lock plate and corner caps \u2014 engraved with fish and foliate motifs; in Korean symbolism the fish evokes abundance and fertility, fitting for a trousseau piece.<\/p>\n<p>The zelkova has taken a warm, deep patina that brings out the fan-shaped figure of the grain, and the brass shows the aged tone of use. The interior keeps its red felt lining and, inside the doors, a reused Korean printed paper in mixed hanja-and-hangul script, with the old orthography of early twentieth-century printing. The mirror keeps its original silvering, with the wear consistent with age.<\/p>\n<p>As a dressing piece or a display object, it works on a chest of drawers, a desk or a console, where it brings an Asian historical note. It fits wabi-sabi, japandi, eclectic and Korean-inspired interiors, and can be used daily as a jewellery box with a mirror.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> Length 24 cm &#8211; Width 34 cm &#8211; Height 26 cm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Style:<\/strong> Late Joseon \/ Korean Empire<\/li>\n<li><strong>Materials and techniques:<\/strong> Zelkova wood; brass hardware; glass mirror; printed-paper interior lining; traditional Korean mortise-and-tenon joinery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Place of origin:<\/strong> Korea<\/li>\n<li><strong>Period:<\/strong> Korean Empire (late Joseon)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date of manufacture:<\/strong> Circa 1900<\/li>\n<li><strong>Condition:<\/strong> Good. Warm-patinated zelkova; original brass fittings and silvered mirror; printed-paper and red-felt linings preserved. Wear consistent with age and use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This piece is part of the curated collection of <strong>Amaru Antiques, Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>ONE OF A KIND PIECE<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This antique Korean mirror vanity box is a gyeongdae with a folding mirror in zelkova wood, with brass fittings and a double-door cabinet beneath the lid. It originates from Korea, from the Korean Empire period, around 1900, where zelkova was worked with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery. The gyeongdae was a piece of the lady&#8217;s dressing set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":263046,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[966,984,675,982],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-263010","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-antique-chests-antique-coffers","product_cat-antique-auxiliary-furniture","product_cat-other-antique-objects-and-artifacts","product_cat-rare-finds-unique-pieces-discoveries","product_shipping_class-medium-100","pa_estilo-meiji-period-1868-1912","first","instock","sold-individually","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Korean zelkova mirror box | Gyeongdae vanity Joseon | AMARU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Korean mirror vanity box in zelkova, circa 1900. 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