H x W (overall): 34 x 27.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 13/16 in)
Type:
Furniture and Furnishing
Origin:
China
Date:
ca. 1853 and no later than 1881
Period:
Qing dynasty
Provenance:
Isabelle Ingram Mayer, Peking [1]
To 1986
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York, to 1986
From 1986
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1986
Notes:
[1] Isabelle Ingram Mayer returned in 1947 or 1948 from living in Peking, where she was born (see Curatorial Note 8 in object record). However, see also the June 7, 1998 letter from Robert H. Ellsworth in the object file, which lists Isabelle Ingram Mayer's date of return from China as 1946 (according to Curatorial Note 8 in the object record).
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Gold: The Asian Touch (September 10, 2005 to February 20, 2006)
On Becoming Immortal (May 9, 1993 to August 15, 1994)