probably 1st century CE
H. 2.5 x W. 68 x D. 39.5 cm (1 x 26 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.)
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, 6/6/1941] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1941-1943), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1943.
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.
1st century CEChineseWood
16th centuryItalianSwivel wire mesh chair with dowel legs of birch, metal bracing, and upholstery in brown pin check
20th centuryAmericanWood
17th centuryBritishChromed tubular steel and fabric
20th centuryGermanGilt 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.
1st century CEChineseMahogany and white pine with brass mounts
18th centuryAmericanCopper alloy
3rd century BCE-3rd century CERomanMahogany with various veneers (oak), gilding and brass mounts
18th centuryBritishBrass
19th-20th centuryUnidentified cultureEuropean ash with later American oak handgrips
16th-17th centuryBritish