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Clothes and Hat Cupboard (Sijian gui)
Clothes and Hat Cupboard (Sijian gui)

Clothes and Hat Cupboard (Sijian gui)

CultureChinese
DateMing dynasty (1368-1644)
MediumCamphor wood (Zhangmu)
DimensionsOverall: 70 3/8 × 49 3/4 × 21 1/4 inches (178.75 × 126.37 × 53.98 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Foundation Acquisition Fund
Object numberF72-48/1
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 201
Collections
Exhibition History

Arts of the Tang Dynasty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, January 8 - February 17, 1957.

Provenance

Charlotte Horstmann Ltd.;

Purchased from Charlotte Horstmann Ltd. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1972.

Published References

R.H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture (New York: 1971), no. 131 (repro.).

Laurence Sickman, “Chinese Classic Furniture,” Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society (London: Society, 1979), pl. 8b (repro.).

Sarah Handler, “The Korean & Chinese Furniture Tradition,” Korean culture, vol. 5, no. 2 (June 1984), 15, pl. 16 (repro.).

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