Box and Cover with a Scene of Scholars at Leisure
CultureChinese
Date16th century
MediumBlack lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 7 × 7 inches (9.53 × 17.78 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of David T. Beals III
Object numberF77-44 A,B
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ProvenanceJames Freeman;
Purchased from James Freeman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1977.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),340, (repro.).
James C.Y. Watt, Editorial, “Notes on Two 16th Century Lacquers in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of art” Orientations, Special issue for the Chinese art collection in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Vol. 39, no. 8 (November/December 2008):102.
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), 362, fig. 243, (repro.).
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