Dish
CultureChinese
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumEnamel
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 4 inches (10.16 x 10.16 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-8/6 E
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DescriptionOne of a set of six Chien Lung Canton enamel square dishes with quatrefoil corners; scene of two young men and one elderly man seated onshore, with two boats in the background.ProvenanceWith Yamanaka & Co., New York, no. NPX 122, by August 1932-1933 [1];
Purchased from Yamanaka & Co., through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] List of offered objects included in a letter from K. Tanaka, Yamanaka & Co. to Langdon Warner, Nelson-Atkins advisor, August 23, 1932, Harvard University, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 13, folder 1, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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