Lantern with candlestand
Original Language Title燈臺 黃花梨木台,牛角灯罩 明式
CultureChinese
Date19th century
MediumOx or goat horn lantern with painted landscape; Huanghuali stand
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 10 inches (27.94 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF84-19/2
On View
On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionA huali circular section post is through (?) tenoned into an X-frame base shaped at the ends to form a low bracket foot with large shaped solid spandrels to each side, tongue and grooved (?) into the feet and post with a smaller set of four spandrels beneath the circular shelf. Together with a pair of spun goat (?) horn spherical lampshade painted with a landscape scene. 20th century, the shades second half of 19th century.Gallery LabelGlass was rarely manufactured in China, so other translucent were used instead for lanterns. These lanterns were made from slices of ox horn that were soaked in warm water and worked together to form a single sheet. The sheets were then hammered thin and shaped into shades and painted on the outside. Imagine how these lanterns would have looked when the candle inside was lit!
Laurence Sickman;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1984.
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