Object class: Legendary beings / Culture or time period: East Asian cultures

1. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-5474
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths and Dragons
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

2. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-5671
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths and Dragons
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

3. Altar surround

Museum number:: 9-15483
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Dragons
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Collector:: Albert M. Bender
Collection place:: Japan

4. 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

5. Bag and netsuke

Museum number:: 9-6766a,b
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Bags (generic containers) and Dragons
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:: purse— width 13.97 centimeters
Collector:: Camille J. Ehrenfels and Henry Ehrenfels
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: before January 19, 1966

6. 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

7. Bowl

Museum number:: 9-4892
Culture or time period:: Ayutthaya period (1677-1767 AD)
Object class:: Bowls (vessels), Porcelain (visual works), and Satyrs
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: John E. de Young
Collection place:: Thailand
Collection date:: December 1947

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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