id:			140246
accession number:	1964.228
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.228
updated:		2022-05-10 09:00:48.511000

Low Table (kang zhuo) with Dragons in Clouds, 1600s–1700s. China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Rosewood (huanghuali) and metal; overall: 29 x 97.2 x 69.2 cm (11 7/16 x 38 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.228

title:				Low Table (kang zhuo) with Dragons in Clouds
title in original language:	黃花梨雲龍紋炕桌
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1600s–1700s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	Rosewood (huanghuali) and metal
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Furniture and woodwork
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 29 x 97.2 x 69.2 cm (11 7/16 x 38 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
	opening date:   1990-07-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	David Ketel, the Netherlands
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	(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
	date: ?–1961
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	Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1961–64
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964–
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fun fact: 
Note the curved legs, the elaborate openwork carving, and metal-fitted corners in the form of bats.

digital description: 
Originally, low tables were placed on a <em>kang, </em>a raised platform made of brick and heated by a fire underneath, which served as a bed and living space on cold winter days in northern China. During the daytime, these platforms could accommodate two sitters with a kang table placed between them. <br><br>In the warmer south, kang tables were used on daybeds made of wood. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, furniture makers used rare tropical hardwood, such as <em>huanghuali, </em>known as rosewood.

wall description: 

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Handler, Sarah. <em>Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furnitur</em>e. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 11.16, p. 174
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IMAGES

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