FurnitureChinese1st century CE

Cabriole Leg for a Lacquered Table Top (one of two)

probably 1st century CE

Classification

Furniture

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.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE

Century

1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 16.2 x W. 3.4 x D. 2 cm (6 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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