Red lacquer with painted, incised and gold filled (qiangjin) decoration
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 84.5 x 184.9 x 56.1 cm (33 1/4 x 72 13/16 x 22 1/16 in)
Type:
Furniture and Furnishing
Origin:
China
Date:
probably 18th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Provenance:
To 1907
Unidentified owner, to 1907 [1]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner in spring 1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Reserved Lacquer List, R. 5035 (no record of purchase), Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
