Tabouret
CultureChinese
Dateearly 18th century
MediumLacquered wood with painted and incised decoration
DimensionsOverall: 37 1/8 × 21 × 21 inches (94.31 × 53.34 × 53.34 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-51/2
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DescriptionRed lacquer stand with a square top, four slender, curved legs, and a square base; decorated with flower and bird designs.Exhibition HistoryThe Art of the Forbidden City, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1955.
Pai Teh Jen, Beijing, China;
Purchased from Pai Teh Jen, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.
Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 347 (repro.).
Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 376, fig. 289 (repro.).
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