c. 1840
81.3 x 99.7 cm (32 x 39 1/4 in.)
Leaded brass
1st-4th century CEUnidentified culturePainted white pine
18th centuryAmericanWood
16th centuryGermanEuropean ash with later American oak handgrips
16th-17th centuryBritishChromed bent tubular steel frame and fabric
20th centurySwissMahogany
18th centuryBritishWood
16th centuryGermanTubular steel, wood, cane
20th centuryGermanWood
15th centuryItalianWood
15th centuryGermanCopper alloy
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanRed-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.
1st century CEChinese