Chest
furniture maker
Unknown
Date18th century
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumLacquered wood and brass
Dimensions41.5 x 67.5 x 37 cm (16 5/16 x 26 9/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF3s12
eMuseum ID717059
EmbARK ObjectID11087
TMS Source ID335
Last Updated11/6/24
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1935), p. 27.
MarksNotesLacquered (on top, front, right, left, and back sides of chest): [poems in Chinese characters]
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have been owned by the da Lezze family of Venice, before 1897.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Italian art dealer and photographer Ferdinando Ongania (1842-1911), Venice on 3 September 1897 for 300 lire.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Italian art dealer and photographer Ferdinando Ongania (1842-1911), Venice on 3 September 1897 for 300 lire.
