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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.55.3
Title
Table Top with Eight Fantastic Creatures Striding Around a Geometric Design in the Central Field and with Geometric Designs in the Borders
Classification
Furniture
Work Type
table
Date
probably 1st century CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Sichuan province
Period
Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77785

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red-lacquer-coated wood, the designs painted in black, green, and ochre...
Dimensions
H. 2.5 x W. 68 x D. 39.5 cm (1 x 26 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, 6/6/1941] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1941-1943), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.55.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Abby Hykin, "FT-IR Analysis of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim

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