Ceiling Panels, from Zhihua Temple, Beijing, China
CultureChinese
Date1736-1796
MediumWood with later gilding and polychrome
DimensionsOverall: 181 5/8 × 175 1/8 inches (461.33 × 444.82 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-118/1 B
On View
On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionCarved cypress wood with gold leaf; dragon design carved in reliefProvenanceWith E. A. Punnett & Co., China, by July 1931;
Purchased from E. A. Punnett & Co., through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
Liu Tun-tseng, “The Ju-lai Tien of Chih-hua Ssu, Peiping,” Bulletin of the Society for Research in Chinese Architecture, vol. III, no. 3 (Peiping, China: Society, September 1932), 1-70, pl.57 (repro.).
Jean Gordon Lee, “Chih Hua Ssu,” Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 53, no.246 (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Winter 1958), 29-32 (repro.).
Laurence Sickman, Alexander Coburn Soper, The Art and Architecture of China, (Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1956, 1960, 1968), 283-284 (repro.).
“Handbook of the Oriental Wing,” Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 53, no. 256, (winter 1957-1958), 19-20 (repro.).
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