1943.55.3: Table Top with Eight Fantastic Creatures Striding Around a Geometric Design in the Central Field and with Geometric Designs in the Borders

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

Permissions

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of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim

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