Tea or Wine Table
Original Language Title黃花梨木 茶几 清
CultureChinese
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumHuanghuali wood
DimensionsOverall: 31 × 20 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (78.74 × 52.71 × 46.99 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number46-75
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
Exhibition HistoryThe Art of the Forbidden City, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, November 30 – February 28, 1955.
Would you like a cup of tea? In a traditional Chinese reception room small tables were placed between pairs of chairs. Chinese officials still use this arrangement for receiving guests, who sit side by side, rather than facing each other. The tables were used for serving tea or wine or for the display of porcelains.
Dr. Otto Burchard;
Purchased from Dr. Otto Burchard by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1946.
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