Opium Box
maker
Unknown
Date1883
MediumSilver
Dimensions4.4 x 5 x 2.1 cm (1 3/4 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM17e63.a-b
eMuseum ID721115
Other Numberin F17e11 (I&N)
Previous NumberM17e63
Previous Number672
TMS Source ID23180
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.
BibliographyNotes
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 126.
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 43-45, no. 19b.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 444-45 fig. 1a, 447 n. 1.
Isabella Veeramani and Diana Seave Greenwald, "Isabella in China," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 19 May 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-china
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), p.57, fig. 27.
Isabella Veeramani and Diana Seave Greenwald, "Isabella in China," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 19 May 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-china
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), p.57, fig. 27.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner’s collection at an unknown date, but probably acquired during her trip to Asia in 1883-84.
