Paper cutouts

Museum number:
9-21312a-f
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210921312a@2df
Alternate number:
VI-5 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Five oval paper cutouts in an envelope 1) Magpies on wood peonies. 2) Partridges with peonies. 3) Swallows with lilies. 4) Kingfisher with lotus. 5) Phoenix with peony. Ovals approximately 30 cm long x 20 cm high, on sheets 34 x 24cm.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Massachusetts
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased by Ilse Fang in Chinese bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mid-20th Century.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1978
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Phoenixes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Production date:
mid-20th century
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Used as embroidery patterns.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Sheets— height 24 centimeters, approx.— height 20 centimeters, approx.— length 30 centimeters, and Sheets— length 34 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Paper cutouts, accession number 9-21312a-f, described as Five oval paper cutouts in an envelope 1) Magpies on wood peonies. 2) Partridges with peonies. 3) Swallows with lilies. 4) Kingfisher with lotus. 5) Phoenix with peony. Ovals approximately 30 cm long x 20 cm high, on sheets 34 x 24cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Paper cutouts, accession number 9-21312a-f, described as Five oval paper cutouts in an envelope 1) Magpies on wood peonies. 2) Partridges with peonies. 3) Swallows with lilies. 4) Kingfisher with lotus. 5) Phoenix with peony. Ovals approximately 30 cm long x 20 cm high, on sheets 34 x 24cm.

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