Table

Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, 19th century
Medium
Teak wood
Dimensions
H x W x D: 87.3 x 119.8 x 37.3 cm (34 3/8 x 47 3/16 x 14 11/16 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1912.9
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Furniture and Furnishing
Type

Table

Keywords
China, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Provenance

To 1911
Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (1859-1911), New York, NY, to 1911 [1]

From 1912 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Herbert G. Squiers Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, April 9-12, 1912 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 340, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (C.L. Freer source) 1859-1911

Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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