Drum-shaped Stool
CultureChinese
DateDaoguang period (1821-1850)
MediumLacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl
DimensionsOverall: 20 1/2 × 14 inches (52.07 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-65/1
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DescriptionBlack lacquer barrel shaped stool, inlayed with mother-of-pearl designs of birds, flowers, and trees.Exhibition HistoryThe Art of the Forbidden City, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, November 30, 1954-February 28, 1955.
From Ming to Ch'ing, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH, February 11-October 12, 1975.
With Yi Hsiang Hou, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by February 12, 1934;
Purchased from Yi Hsiang Hou, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] According to accession paperwork in the Nelson-Atkins curatorial files, Yi Hsiang Hou was located at 74 Tung An Men Tu Chieh, Peiping.
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