Object details
Object number
S32c23.a-c
Creator(s)
Chinese
Title
Bed Panels
Date
early 19th century
Medium
Lacquered wood with gilding and glass inlay
Dimensions
109.2 x 194.3 cm (43 x 76 1/2 in.)
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.
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.
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.
Holly Salmon, "From Tree Sap to Tea Jar: East Asian Lacquer," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 February 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/tree-sap-tea-jar-east-asian-lacquer
Gallery
Worthington Street Lobby
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