Object details
Accession number
C18e27
Primary Creator
Chinese
Full title
Dish
Creation Date
18th century
Provenance
Purchased by the actor Leslie Buswell (1888-1964) and the interior decorator Henry Davis Sleeper (1878-1934) from the Asian antiquities dealers Yamanaka & Co., Boston, about 1914.
Gift from Leslie Buswell, Henry Davis Sleeper, and possibly other friends from Gloucester to Isabella Stewart Gardner, about 1914.
Dimensions
39.5 x 33 cm (15 9/16 x 13 in.)
Display Media
Glass
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
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 143.
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