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maker
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Date12th century BCE
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumBronze
Dimensions26.5 x 15.6 cm (10 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM21s29
eMuseum ID719588
EmbARK ObjectID13393
TMS Source ID2341
Last Updated8/14/24
DescriptionStolen in 1990.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), pp. 183-84, pl. 4.
Betty Chamberlain. “Gothic Room” in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 7. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 12 (22 Nov. 1964), p. 40. (as Chou perod)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 41 (13 Jun. 1965), p. 2.
Yasuko Horioka. "Chinese Sculpture-III." Fenway Court (Jun. 1970), pp. 33-40, nos. 1, 3.
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), p. 158, ill.
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 4-8, no. 1, ill.
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1981), pp. 194-95, ill.
Michelle C. Wang et al. A Bronze Menagerie: Mat Weights of Early China. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2006), p. 20, fig. 3.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 54-55 fig. 6, 439.
Betty Chamberlain. “Gothic Room” in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 7. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 12 (22 Nov. 1964), p. 40. (as Chou perod)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 41 (13 Jun. 1965), p. 2.
Yasuko Horioka. "Chinese Sculpture-III." Fenway Court (Jun. 1970), pp. 33-40, nos. 1, 3.
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), p. 158, ill.
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 4-8, no. 1, ill.
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1981), pp. 194-95, ill.
Michelle C. Wang et al. A Bronze Menagerie: Mat Weights of Early China. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2006), p. 20, fig. 3.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 54-55 fig. 6, 439.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Parish-Watson & Co., New York for $17,500, through Denman Ross (1853-1935), art collector and design theorist, on 14 December 1922.
Stolen in 1990.
Stolen in 1990.
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