조선왕실 보록(寶盝)의 제작과 율삭형(栗削形) 기형 연구

Abstract

This paper studied and inferred the symbol and meaning of royal seal container(寶盝)’sshape. In ancient times, people keep valuables in chest with trapezoid shaped lid(in Koreanshape like a cut chestnut) to keep them safely. Trapezoid shaped lid means top of the lid is cutoff edges and it is distributed widely in Korea from the Three Stated era to Japanese colonialera. The oldest chest with trapezoid shaped lid existing in Korea is a reliquary from Three Statedera, Nageon Gyeongham(a lacquered container of Buddhist texts inlaid with mother-of pearl)from Goryeo -era and royal seal container of Joeseon Dynasty. The royal seal container, whichis the representative chest with Trapezoid shaped in Joseon Dynasty is the outer containerof Joseon royal seal. It is made since Joseon is established to Japanese colonial era for entireperiod of Joseon Dynasty. As a single craft, It is mad for the most long period. In present day,320 pieces of royal seal container exist. We can figure the form of trapezoid shaped lid andtransition of making technique. Making technique study referred 『BoinsoUigwe』. It is one of the most specific recordof royal seal making. Based on Uigwe record, inferred the symbol and meaning of royal sealcontainers’s shape. Through foreign and Korean examples, inferred the origin, symbol and meaning of chest withtrapezoid shape lid. First, it followed the appearance of the valuable the container contained. Second, it is made to show the dignity of royal family. Third, architecture influenced to itsmaking. As these results are mainly based on the symbol and meaning of royal seal container, itwould be difficult to generalize results to other chests or containers. It would be compensatedwith following studies.