Slide

Museum number:
9-21264
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021264
Alternate number:
VI - 11 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Bell-shaped (?) slide. Open above and below. Red satin embroidered in satin, herringbone, stem, long, short, and knot stitch with a bat, double coin, and a peach tree on one side; a flower, a double-bladed halberd as the stem of a ju-i scepter (“May things go according to your wishes”), a Buddhist swastika and a persimmon (?) tree on the other. Bell bordered with a white, blue and navy blue tape, the openings separately. Stiff interfacing and rose-colored, glazed-cotton lining. Height: 12 cm; greatest width: 7.2 cm.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Given to Ilse Fang by Erich Wolters, antique dealer, in Peking.
Culture or time period:
Manchu people and Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1943
Materials:
Satin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:
1644-1912
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Slide. Dated Manchu Dynasty 1644-1911.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 12 centimeters and width 7.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Slide, accession number 9-21264, described as Bell-shaped (?) slide. Open above and below. Red satin embroidered in satin, herringbone, stem, long, short, and knot stitch with a bat, double coin, and a peach tree on one side; a flower, a double-bladed halberd as the stem of a ju-i scepter (“May things go according to your wishes”), a Buddhist swastika and a persimmon (?) tree on the other. Bell bordered with a white, blue and navy blue tape, the openings separately. Stiff interfacing and rose-colored, glazed-cotton lining. Height: 12 cm; greatest width: 7.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Slide, accession number 9-21264, described as Bell-shaped (?) slide. Open above and below. Red satin embroidered in satin, herringbone, stem, long, short, and knot stitch with a bat, double coin, and a peach tree on one side; a flower, a double-bladed halberd as the stem of a ju-i scepter (“May things go according to your wishes”), a Buddhist swastika and a persimmon (?) tree on the other. Bell bordered with a white, blue and navy blue tape, the openings separately. Stiff interfacing and rose-colored, glazed-cotton lining. Height: 12 cm; greatest width: 7.2 cm.

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