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Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-21268, described as Collar, child’s; Five petals in light green, midnight blue, cinnabar, hunter green, and mouse grey. All edges piped in black outside narrow silk tape, with blue edges and running diamond pattern, scalloped on one side. Embroidery is in satine stitch. petal 1: Moth and bird on flowering branch. Petal 2: double coin and bat with peach branch; Petal 3: bat over orchids; Petal 4: reed pipes (mouth organ?) over lotus; Petal 5: chrysanthemum. (Fide: Ilse Fang, 8/28/2001: Motifs may be seasonal. Medium to good embroidery quality.) Paper interfacing, peach-colored silk lining. ca. 1900. Girl’s name written on back of petal 4” T’ung Hsueh-yuan. Petals: 10 cm long, 11.5 cam; neck opening: ca. 8 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 9-21317, described as comb. Oval two-sided bamboo comb with bone ends and red rib. The two halves of the wooden ribs lacquered red and decorated in silver: rocks, a phoenix and a cloud with the sun. On reverse the legend: “Ch’ang-chou. Lacquer goods from the old Heng-shun Company. No change in price, after oral agreement.” 5 x 11 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 9-21320, described as Comb. Ornamental ivory comb with peach tip. For mustache? Seven teeth approximately 8 cm long; width: 2.1 cm; 3 mm thick.
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 9-21325, described as Comb, light wooden. Sharp teeth, but 1.3 cm thick ridge. Which wood? (Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: May be willow.) Six character inscriptions identical on either side; illegible. Length: 14.7 cm; height: 5.1 cm; longest tooth: 4 cm; shortest tooth: 2.6 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Combs, accession number 9-21337, described as Combs. Set of two combs for mustache(?). A finer one in ivory, with undulating handle with hole for hanging cord. The coarser comb of white jade riveted to eye of ivory fish-shaped plaques which are also riveted together at the tail. Ultramarine green webbed cotton cord looped through wire ring at ivory comb and steadied in a simple knot. Another knot after 6.5 cm, and after another 6.5 cm, a “chuang-yuan” (First in the Imperial Examinations) knot. The two ends are laced through two coins: a well-worn copper coin with toothed edge and a large square hole. On one side, the legend “Five cash” still visible. After running through a crystal bead, the cord ends are laced through a coin of the Kang-hsi reign of the second Manchu emperor (1660-1723). The reverse has an inscription in Manchu. The cord ends are sewn together after they have looped through a wire triangle connected to a rivet at the mouth of the ivory fish. Length of ivory comb: 9 cm; greatest height: 2 cm. Length of centerpede(?) jade comb: 4.3 cm; height: 1.7 cm. Ivory fish plaques 6.5 cm long, 2.2 cm wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Compass, accession number 9-21418, described as Compass. Wooden disc with rounded back to fit into the well of a square, wooden board. Red thread fastened to one corner to align indicators on the compass. Hole in board center to lift compass. Radiating from compass: the eight trigrams; eight cyclical signs alternating with constellations; the beginning characters of the “Book of Changes” and signs of constellations; combinations of the twelve celestial stems and the ten earthen branches; the five elements, dates, etc. Disc rotates in board. Characters on it in red and black. Diameter: 20.4 cm; board: 23 cm square; height: 2.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Compass - sun dial, accession number 9-21280, described as Compass - sun dial. Wood. Folding sun dial to be raised by notches for each of the twelve parts of the year. 5.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 1.7 cm H.
Hearst Museum object titled Conversation primer, accession number 9-21349a-i, described as Conversation primer, nine volumes. by Mr. Yip, Ilse Fang’s teacher in Canton, 1934-1936. 100 lessons. Paper, stitched. 13.3 cm x 25 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Coral piece, accession number 9-21322, described as Coral piece. Piece of broken-off coral from an ornament. 2.2 cm long. Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: Coral in China comes from Tibet, because that was a sea bed.
Hearst Museum object titled Death notice, accession number 9-21448, described as Death notice. Notice of death of Mr. Ho Chih-p’ing’s (?) mother, nee Chang, who died in Fuchoro December 22, 1942, age 73 years. Sent to Ilse Fang, Ta Hsiang-feng hudung 21a, Peking. (donor’s note handwritten; spelling of proper names not certain.) Postmarked February 22, 1943.

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