Object details
Accession number
S32c23.a-c
Primary Creator
Chinese
Full title
Bed Panels
Creation Date
early 19th century
Provenance
Possibly from a Buddhist temple, "Tennensu", about 1800.
Entered the collection of the antiques dealer Sajiro Yamanaka in Peking, about 1901.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Yamanaka sale by the auctioneer Frank A. Leonard at Copley Hall, Boston for $25 on 7 November 1902, lot 187.
Dimensions
109.2 x 194.3 cm (43 x 76 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Lacquered wood with gilding and glass inlay
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
Worthington Street Lobby
Bibliography
Messrs. Yamanaka & Co. Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings... (Boston, 6-8 November 1902), p. 50, lot 187.
Alan Chong. "Introduction: Journeys East" in Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 28-29, fig. 25.
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