Envelope

Museum number:
9-21355
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021355
Alternate number:
X II 5 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Scholarly letter envelope with images of antique bronzes from the Palace Museum and, on upper left, a book title: “collection of the various categories of the innumerable commentaries to Tu Fu’s Poems.” Wide window for addressee’s name.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased by Ilse Fang in Peking (Beijing) at palace museum 1944. Date: ca. 1940
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Production date:
ca. 1940
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Envelope, accession number 9-21355, described as Scholarly letter envelope with images of antique bronzes from the Palace Museum and, on upper left, a book title: “collection of the various categories of the innumerable commentaries to Tu Fu’s Poems.” Wide window for addressee’s name.

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