Object details
Object number
S21w22
Creator(s)
Chinese
Title
Tomb Figurine: Pig
Date
3rd century BCE
Medium
Incised serpentine
Dimensions
12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Gift from Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935), art collector and design theorist, to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 25 December 1922.
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
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 181. (as Chinese, "of the first few centuries [CE]")
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 41 (13 Jun. 1965), p. 2. (as Chinese)
Yasuko Horioka. "Chinese Sculpture-II." Fenway Court (Feb. 1970), pp. 21-22, 24, fig. 3. (as Pre-Han period, style of the Chou dynasty)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 8-10, no. 2. (as Chinese, Warring States period, about 3rd century
BCE)
Joan Jonas and Pieranna Cavalchini. Joan Jonas: I Know Why They Left (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., 2019).
Gallery
Dutch Room
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