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Rootwood Stool

Rootwood Stool

Public Domain

Rootwood Stool
Artist
CultureChinese
Titles
  • Rootwood Stool
Date18th century
MediumWood
Dimensions16 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (41.9 × 36.8 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Zoe, Elly, Mingchu and Tatchi Wong; Connie Kwan-Wong; CKW (Caring Kindness Wisdom) Art Collection
Object number2018.206
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
109M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceDavid Kidd (1927–1996), Ashiya, Japan, at least by 1987; Ian and Susan Wilson Collection, San Francisco, 1990s–2015; [Nicholas Grindley, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Published References Suzanne Slesin, Stafford Cliff and Daniel Rozensztroch, Japanese Style (1987), pages 66–67, illustrating the interior of the home of David Kidd, an American dealer of Asian art long resident in Japan. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No inscriptions
No marks

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