2003.58.20: Document Case with Lock in the Form of a Tortoise and with Decoration of a Stalk of Weathered Bamboo and a Scrolling, Fruiting Grapevine
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.58.20
- Title
- Document Case with Lock in the Form of a Tortoise and with Decoration of a Stalk of Weathered Bamboo and a Scrolling, Fruiting Grapevine
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- probably late 18th-19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Period
- Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/93626
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bamboo with carved and stained surface and with brass fittings
- Dimensions
- H. 49.5 x Diam. 8.5 cm (19 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr., Alvin, Texas (by 1968-2002), estate sale; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
Footnote:
1. Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr. (1931-2002)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell, by exchange
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.58.20
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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