Collection place: Guangdong province, Southern China / Collector: Albert M. Bender - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Sign, accession number 9-14642, described as Sign, carved wood: rectangular plaque with cut corners. Black raised characters on gilded low relief patterned ground. Characters probably a name, possibly reading "South village sand-spit" (the two characters on the left are similar to the compound for Swatow—"sand-spit"). Paper sticker on back reading "Canton" with three characters.

Hearst Museum object titled Sign, accession number 9-14643, described as Sign, wood: rectangular plaque with four black characters in relief on low relief gilded lozange diaper pattern. The words read: "Yuan Chan Mu Hui." First two characters on right probably a name, possibly reading: 'Aged tree meditation hall' or ('Ch;an temple'). Plaque warped. Length: 36.5cm; Width: 12.4cm.