Lock for Chest

Physical Description:

A round metal lock meant to lock a chest. The front of the metal disc is decorated with a line carving of a Korean character surrounded by multiple carved circles, but leave a rim of undecorated metal around its edges.

This lock opens when the key is inserted into the hole at the bottom. Locks of this type were used for locking chests or stacked chests. The key has been lost. The Chinese character “longevity (壽)” is incised on the center of the upper surface against ringmat ground.

[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017), 247]

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