Box
maker
Unknown
Date19th century
MediumCedar
Dimensions10.2 x 20.3 x 27.9 cm (4 x 8 x 11 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU15w41.x.3
eMuseum ID721919
TMS Source ID27606
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): 唐制出困鎮紙 ["Paperweight made in Tang Dynasty"]
ProvenanceNotesGiven to Isabella Stewart Gardner by art collector and design theorist Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935) in 1917.
