Object class: Legendary beings / Culture or time period: Chinese cultures

1. Axe head

Museum number:: 9-75a
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Axes (tools) and Dragons
Function:: 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Collection date:: 1907

2. Belt clasp

Museum number:: 9-21334
Culture or time period:: Manchu people and Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Object class:: Belt buckles and Dragons
Function:: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:: Manchu (Qing) Dynasty
Collector:: Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:: Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Southern China
Collection date:: 1933

3. Box

Museum number:: 9-17792
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Boxes (containers), Carvings (visual works), and Dragons
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: China

4. Bridal crown

Museum number:: 9-21330
Culture or time period:: Manchu people
Object class:: Bridal crowns and Phoenixes
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Collector:: Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:: China
Collection date:: Probably late-1930s to mid-1940s

5. Case

Museum number:: 9-21261
Culture or time period:: Manchu people and Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Object class:: Dragons
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:: Manchu Dynasty
Dimensions:: Carrying double cord— length 16 centimeters, Cords— length 11 centimeters, Height, closed— height 11 centimeters, width 5 centimeters, and Cloud top— height 6.7 centimeters
Collector:: Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:: Peking, Beijing province, China
Collection date:: 1943

6. Case cover

Museum number:: 9-21263
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Embroidery (visual works) and Phoenixes
Function:: 1.9 Multiple Utility
Production date:: ca. 1900
Dimensions:: width 6 centimeters and height 11 centimeters
Collector:: Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:: Peking, Beijing province, China
Collection date:: 1944

7. Chest and panel

Museum number:: 9-9556a,b
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Dragons
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collection place:: China

8. Cloth

Museum number:: 9-15274
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Dragons
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: length 86 inches and width 28 inches
Collector:: Albert M. Bender
Collection place:: China

9. Coat

Museum number:: 9-15455
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Dragons
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Dimensions:: length 52 inches and width 42 inches
Collection place:: China

10. Coat

Museum number:: 9-5329
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Dragons
Function:: 2.1 Daily Garb
Collection place:: China

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