Object details
Accession number
S20n1.1-2
Primary Creator
Chinese
Full title
Pair of Doors
Creation Date
late 19th century
Provenance
Purchased by the artist Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) in China, about 1909-1910.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Joseph Lindon Smith on 25 February 1911 for $400. (with the doors in the Third Floor Passage, S29e1.1-4)
Dimensions
381.6 x 61 x 12.7 cm (150 1/4 x 24 x 5 in.)
Display Media
Carved wood with gold leaf and red lacquer
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Second Floor Passage
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p.172. (as Chinese, late 19th century)
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