Collector: Ilse Martin Fang / Culture or time period: Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe) / Materials: Silver (metal) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Buttons, accession number 9-21342, described as Round, silver buttons. Hammered. 1 cm diameter.

Hearst Museum object titled Funerary figurine, accession number 9-21423a,b, described as Figurine. a) Silver funerary figurine of a Manchu lady. Height: 11.2 cm. Greatest width: 4.9 cm. Depth: 0.8 cm; b) Padded, navy, cotton cloth-covered box.

Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 9-21424a-c, described as Ivory needle case with silver(?) lid. Decoration in relief: A scholar and his acolyte arrive by boat at the foot of a mountain to climb it. Halfway up to the temple at the summit, the scholar rests and fans himself. In their ascent, the pilgrims pass through forests of bamboo, evergreens and deciduous trees. The case hangs by the crimson cord-loop from the button of the Manchu tunic. After a knot and an amber bead it enters the case through the silver lid. After it exits the case, its two ends run through a coral bead and are knotted once more, before they hang loose. Overall length of cord: 29 cm; of ivory case: 8.7 cm, case 1.5 cm diameter. Sewing needles to be stuck into cotton inside tube. a) box bottom, b) box top, c) needle case.