Seal

Museum number:
9-13372
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3857 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Seal; bronze standing anthropomorphic figure with horns is carrying a burden; flat metal s-shaped scroll handle attached to its back and the crudely rounded coin-size base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Diameter: 2.8 cm., 3.4 cm. high.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Seals (artifacts)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Seal, accession number 9-13372, described as Seal; bronze standing anthropomorphic figure with horns is carrying a burden; flat metal s-shaped scroll handle attached to its back and the crudely rounded coin-size base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Diameter: 2.8 cm., 3.4 cm. high.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Seal, accession number 9-13372, described as Seal; bronze standing anthropomorphic figure with horns is carrying a burden; flat metal s-shaped scroll handle attached to its back and the crudely rounded coin-size base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Diameter: 2.8 cm., 3.4 cm. high.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Seal, accession number 9-13372, described as Seal; bronze standing anthropomorphic figure with horns is carrying a burden; flat metal s-shaped scroll handle attached to its back and the crudely rounded coin-size base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Diameter: 2.8 cm., 3.4 cm. high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-13372, described as Seal; bronze standing anthropomorphic figure with horns is carrying a burden; flat metal s-shaped scroll handle attached to its back and the crudely rounded coin-size base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Diameter: 2.8 cm., 3.4 cm. high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-13372, described as Seal; bronze standing anthropomorphic figure with horns is carrying a burden; flat metal s-shaped scroll handle attached to its back and the crudely rounded coin-size base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Diameter: 2.8 cm., 3.4 cm. high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-13372, described as Seal; bronze standing anthropomorphic figure with horns is carrying a burden; flat metal s-shaped scroll handle attached to its back and the crudely rounded coin-size base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Diameter: 2.8 cm., 3.4 cm. high.

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