Sign

Museum number:
9-14643
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090014643
Alternate number:
None (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Sign, wood: rectangular plaque with four black characters in relief on low relief gilded lozange diaper pattern. The words read: "Yuan Chan Mu Hui." First two characters on right probably a name, possibly reading: 'Aged tree meditation hall' or ('Ch;an temple'). Plaque warped. Length: 36.5cm; Width: 12.4cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Guangdong province, Southern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sign, accession number 9-14643, described as Sign, wood: rectangular plaque with four black characters in relief on low relief gilded lozange diaper pattern. The words read: "Yuan Chan Mu Hui." First two characters on right probably a name, possibly reading: 'Aged tree meditation hall' or ('Ch;an temple'). Plaque warped. Length: 36.5cm; Width: 12.4cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sign, accession number 9-14643, described as Sign, wood: rectangular plaque with four black characters in relief on low relief gilded lozange diaper pattern. The words read: "Yuan Chan Mu Hui." First two characters on right probably a name, possibly reading: 'Aged tree meditation hall' or ('Ch;an temple'). Plaque warped. Length: 36.5cm; Width: 12.4cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sign, accession number 9-14643, described as Sign, wood: rectangular plaque with four black characters in relief on low relief gilded lozange diaper pattern. The words read: "Yuan Chan Mu Hui." First two characters on right probably a name, possibly reading: 'Aged tree meditation hall' or ('Ch;an temple'). Plaque warped. Length: 36.5cm; Width: 12.4cm.

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