Box
maker
Unknown
Date19th century
MediumKiri
Dimensions6.4 x 18.4 x 26 cm (2 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU15w41.x.2
eMuseum ID721939
TMS Source ID27605
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 in black ink (on lid, in Chinese characters): ["Its virtue is lofty, comparable to a sage; / Its value is weighty, equaling a chain of castles."]
Inscribed in black ink (inside box, in Chinese characters): ["Warm and moist (appearance, as if it were) the essence of moonbeams"]
Pasted label (inside box): M.F.A.
Written in pencil (on above label): 2076.13 / Boss
Inscribed in black ink (inside box, in Chinese characters): ["Warm and moist (appearance, as if it were) the essence of moonbeams"]
Pasted label (inside box): M.F.A.
Written in pencil (on above label): 2076.13 / Boss
ProvenanceNotes
Given to Isabella Stewart Gardner by art collector and design theorist Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935) in 1917.
