Scroll

Museum number:
9-17615
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017615
Accession number:
Acc.4029
Description:
Scroll: blue silk w/painted gold calligraphy, blue glazed cotton backing; stitched on wooden dowels. Commemorative, congratulations to A.M. Montell when transferred from Ningpo to Shanghai Post Office. Damaged. China, Ningpo. Given to American Postal employee upon his transfer from Ningpo office to Shanghai office. Full translation available in Accession envelope. 172 cm by 73.8 cm.
Donor:
Betty Hoffman and Roy Hoffman
Collection place:
Zhejiang Province, China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Scroll, accession number 9-17615, described as Scroll: blue silk w/painted gold calligraphy, blue glazed cotton backing; stitched on wooden dowels. Commemorative, congratulations to A.M. Montell when transferred from Ningpo to Shanghai Post Office. Damaged. China, Ningpo. Given to American Postal employee upon his transfer from Ningpo office to Shanghai office. Full translation available in Accession envelope. 172 cm by 73.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Scroll, accession number 9-17615, described as Scroll: blue silk w/painted gold calligraphy, blue glazed cotton backing; stitched on wooden dowels. Commemorative, congratulations to A.M. Montell when transferred from Ningpo to Shanghai Post Office. Damaged. China, Ningpo. Given to American Postal employee upon his transfer from Ningpo office to Shanghai office. Full translation available in Accession envelope. 172 cm by 73.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Scroll, accession number 9-17615, described as Scroll: blue silk w/painted gold calligraphy, blue glazed cotton backing; stitched on wooden dowels. Commemorative, congratulations to A.M. Montell when transferred from Ningpo to Shanghai Post Office. Damaged. China, Ningpo. Given to American Postal employee upon his transfer from Ningpo office to Shanghai office. Full translation available in Accession envelope. 172 cm by 73.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scroll, accession number 9-17615, described as Scroll: blue silk w/painted gold calligraphy, blue glazed cotton backing; stitched on wooden dowels. Commemorative, congratulations to A.M. Montell when transferred from Ningpo to Shanghai Post Office. Damaged. China, Ningpo. Given to American Postal employee upon his transfer from Ningpo office to Shanghai office. Full translation available in Accession envelope. 172 cm by 73.8 cm.

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