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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.55.3.C
Title
Cabriole Leg for a Lacquered Table Top (one of two)
Classification
Furniture
Work Type
leg
Date
probably 1st century CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Sichuan province
Period
Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198961

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilt bronze. Probably made in Sichuan province; probably recovered at Lelang (also spelled Lo-lang; Korean, Naknang), near T'o-sông-ni, southwest of P'yôngyang, Korea.
Dimensions
H. 13.8 x W. 3.5 x D. 2 cm (5 7/16 x 1 3/8 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, 6/6/1941] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1941-1943), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.55.3.C
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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