Creation Date:
early 17th century Earliest:1600 Latest:1630
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Indexing Term: Ming
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Measurements
Dimensions Description: 95.25 x 190.5
x 44.45 cm (37 1/2 x 75 x 17 1/2 inches)
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Value: 95.25 Unit: cm
Type: height Value: 190.5 Unit: cm
Type: width Value: 44.45 Unit: cm
Type: depth
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Materials and Techniques
Description: rosewood, with mortise-and-tenon
joinery and carving
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Material Names:
rosewood
Technique Names:
mortise-and-tenon
joints
carving
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Subject Matter
Indexing terms:
object
(utilitarian)
study
writing
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Descriptive Note
Text: The tabletop is made from a single
board of rosewood. The table is constructed with sophisticated
mortise and tenon joinery, using no glue or nails,
only wooden pegs. This facilitated its dissasembly
and rebuiliding at a new location, when its scholar-bureaucrat
owner moved to a new government post.
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Citation: Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Handbook of the Collections (1986) Page: 30
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States) Repository Number:
1957-99-1
