Container and cover

Museum number:
9-5576a-c
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Carved amber container with cover; dragon, bird, foliage, lion on cover; carved teak stand with brass fittings; stand fits into amber pieces; width 3.5 in x height 10.5 in with stand and cover; mate to 1279
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Amber (fossil resin), Brass (alloy), and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Container and cover, accession number 9-5576a-c, described as Carved amber container with cover; dragon, bird, foliage, lion on cover; carved teak stand with brass fittings; stand fits into amber pieces; width 3.5 in x height 10.5 in with stand and cover; mate to 1279Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Container and cover, accession number 9-5576a-c, described as Carved amber container with cover; dragon, bird, foliage, lion on cover; carved teak stand with brass fittings; stand fits into amber pieces; width 3.5 in x height 10.5 in with stand and cover; mate to 1279Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Container and cover, accession number 9-5576a-c, described as Carved amber container with cover; dragon, bird, foliage, lion on cover; carved teak stand with brass fittings; stand fits into amber pieces; width 3.5 in x height 10.5 in with stand and cover; mate to 1279
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container and cover, accession number 9-5576a-c, described as Carved amber container with cover; dragon, bird, foliage, lion on cover; carved teak stand with brass fittings; stand fits into amber pieces; width 3.5 in x height 10.5 in with stand and cover; mate to 1279

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