Harvard Art Museums > 1943.55.3.A: Table Top with Eight Fantastic Creatures Striding Around a Geometric Design in the Central Field and with Geometric Designs in the Borders Furniture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Table Top with Eight Fantastic Creatures Striding Around a Geometric Design in the Central Field and with Geometric Designs in the Borders , 1943.55.3.A,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/203865. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.55.3.A Title Table Top with Eight Fantastic Creatures Striding Around a Geometric Design in the Central Field and with Geometric Designs in the Borders Classification Furniture Work Type table 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/203865 Physical Descriptions Medium Red-lacquer-coated wood, the designs painted in black, green, and ochre lacquers on the red-lacquer ground; with a two-character inscription reading "Li Wang" inscribed in "lishu" (clerical script) on the underside in raw lacquer, the two-character inscription probably meaning "[Good] luck [to] Wang." 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. 2.5 x W. 68 x D. 39.5 cm (1 x 26 3/4 x 15 9/16 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.A Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Related Works 1943.55.3 Table Top with Eight Fantastic Creatures Striding Around a Geometric Design in the Central Field and with Geometric Designs in the Borders Furniture Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu