Pair of Doors
maker
Unknown
Datelate 19th century
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumCarved wood with gold leaf and red lacquer
Dimensions381.6 x 61 x 12.7 cm (150 1/4 x 24 x 5 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS20n1.1-2
eMuseum ID720306
EmbARK ObjectID11848
Original NumberS20n1
Previous NumberS20n1.a-b
TMS Source ID1008
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p.172. (as Chinese, late 19th century)
Holly Salmon, "From Tree Sap to Tea Jar: East Asian Lacquer," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 February 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/tree-sap-tea-jar-east-asian-lacquer
Holly Salmon, "From Tree Sap to Tea Jar: East Asian Lacquer," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 February 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/tree-sap-tea-jar-east-asian-lacquer
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by the artist Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) in China, about 1909-1910.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Joseph Lindon Smith on 25 February 1911 for $400. (with the doors in the Third Floor Passage, S29e1.1-4)
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Joseph Lindon Smith on 25 February 1911 for $400. (with the doors in the Third Floor Passage, S29e1.1-4)
