FurnitureChinese1st century CE

Fragment of a Lacquered Table Top (attached to a modern, four-legged stand)

probably 1st century CE

Classification

Furniture

Medium

Red-lacquer-coated wood, the designs painted in black, green, and ochre lacquers on the red-lacquer ground. 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. Attached to a reconstructed gilt wood stand.

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. 2.5 x W. 14.9 x D. 5.2 cm (1 x 5 7/8 x 2 1/16 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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