Object details
Accession number
F8w2.a-e
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Gong Frame with Carved Figures
Creation Date
early 19th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Japanese art dealer Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston on 27-30 March 1901, lot 306.
Dimensions
103.5 x 129.5 cm (40 3/4 x 51 in.)
Display Media
Wood and bronze
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
Chinese Loggia
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 6. (as a Korean temple gong given to the court of Peking by the "king" of Korea)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 58.
William N. Mason. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 47 (21 Jul. 1963), p. 2.
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