Box with Sliding Cover
maker
Unknown
Datemid 19th century
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumWood
Dimensions4.1 x 14 x 8.1 cm (1 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 3 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBoxes
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU19e101.a-b
eMuseum ID728289
EmbARK ObjectID12954
Previous Number2F19e27
Original Numberon F19e27, left front (I&N)
TMS Source ID1995
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.
MarksNotesInscribed on cover (recto): Flowers are falling around the inner palace and the warblers flit about singing, While the ladies of the Shan-yang palace are suffering with broken hearts, In the Imperial castle ever flows the current of water; To whom shall they send the poems inscribed upon the leaves? [translation from Chinese; based on a poem by Ku Huang, dated 8th century)]
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
