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Painted wrapping cloth
A dangchaebo is a bojagi with designs painted in bright pigments, mostly associated with the Joseon court.
- Meaning
- 'Tang-colour wrapper' (唐彩 'Chinese' colours or pigments + 褓)
- Made of
- Hemp, ramie, silk; pigments
- Era
- 19th c.
Hand-painted with pigments (당채, 'Chinese colours'); also called 그림보. Associated with the court. One example is three widths of hemp with a medallion of paired phoenixes and a grid of auspicious motifs. Painted bojagi with the 십장생 are also documented.
In museum collections
History & tradition
Joseon, mostly 19th c.; court-associated
Painting cloth was quicker than embroidery, and the court used painted cloths widely: 14 of the 133 Changdeokgung palace bojagi are 당채보. Designs include phoenixes, peonies and the ten longevity symbols, painted in bright mineral and imported pigments, which is where the name 'Tang colours' comes from.
Painted bojagi are rare outside museum collections; modern copies are mostly decorative.
The 'Tang' in 唐彩 refers loosely to China as the source of pigments, not to the Tang dynasty.
Researched with medium confidence.