Swans
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 1800
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumJade on wood stand
Dimensions7.7 x 7 x 3.6 cm (3 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS17e83.a-b
eMuseum ID722209
EmbARK ObjectID12225
Previous Number6C17e24ab
TMS Source ID1359
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.
BibliographyNotesAmerican Art Association. Catalogue of the Art Collection formed by the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan... (New York, 8-12 March 1886), p. 106, lot 384. (Ornament, in white jade stone. Two mandarin ducks, eating lotus flowers; has carved stand. 3x3 inches.)
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp.22-23 fig. 11, 47 n. 38.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp.22-23 fig. 11, 47 n. 38.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the sale of the collection of Mary Jane Morgan (d. 1885), American fine and decorative arts collector and second wife of the shipping, railroad, and iron magnate Charles Morgan (1795-1878), at the American Art Galleries, New York, for $42.50 on 8 March 1886, lot 384.
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