Medium:

Wood (zitan (rosewood), burlwood) porcelain, gold-colored wires, celluloid, bronze hooks inlaid with silver

Dimensions:

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)

Chinese Art (May 9 to November 29, 1993)

Previous custodian or owner:

Isabelle Ingram Mayer

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. Robert H. Ellsworth in memory of Isabelle Ingram Mayer

Accession Number:

F1986.5a-ee

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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