Envelope

Museum number:
9-14888a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210914888a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Envelope (fung tung -- "sealed up packet"). (a) paper; figure, dragons and birds on red and pink ground; 12.5cm x 24cm; [per catalog card] (b) enclosed paper; white; inscription as to method of use; 21cm x 18cm. Context: functions as a gift tag and covering envelope. Used for gifts of money. Purchased at paper goods store. See exhibition notes by Robert Lam in acc. env. [per current reading -- 2017] (a) red envelope is inscribed with the symbol "xi," most commonly associated with marriage and celebrating love, indicating that the envelope may have been used to give gifts of money specifically at weddings (b) appears to be transcription and some translation of the red envelope.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Envelope, accession number 9-14888a,b, described as Envelope (fung tung -- "sealed up packet"). (a) paper; figure, dragons and birds on red and pink ground; 12.5cm x 24cm; [per catalog card] (b) enclosed paper; white; inscription as to method of use; 21cm x 18cm. Context: functions as a gift tag and covering envelope. Used for gifts of money. Purchased at paper goods store. See exhibition notes by Robert Lam in acc. env. [per current reading -- 2017] (a) red envelope is inscribed with the symbol "xi," most commonly associated with marriage and celebrating love, indicating that the envelope may have been used to give gifts of money specifically at weddings (b) appears to be transcription and some translation of the red envelope.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Envelope, accession number 9-14888a,b, described as Envelope (fung tung -- "sealed up packet"). (a) paper; figure, dragons and birds on red and pink ground; 12.5cm x 24cm; [per catalog card] (b) enclosed paper; white; inscription as to method of use; 21cm x 18cm. Context: functions as a gift tag and covering envelope. Used for gifts of money. Purchased at paper goods store. See exhibition notes by Robert Lam in acc. env. [per current reading -- 2017] (a) red envelope is inscribed with the symbol "xi," most commonly associated with marriage and celebrating love, indicating that the envelope may have been used to give gifts of money specifically at weddings (b) appears to be transcription and some translation of the red envelope.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Envelope, accession number 9-14888a,b, described as Envelope (fung tung -- "sealed up packet"). (a) paper; figure, dragons and birds on red and pink ground; 12.5cm x 24cm; [per catalog card] (b) enclosed paper; white; inscription as to method of use; 21cm x 18cm. Context: functions as a gift tag and covering envelope. Used for gifts of money. Purchased at paper goods store. See exhibition notes by Robert Lam in acc. env. [per current reading -- 2017] (a) red envelope is inscribed with the symbol "xi," most commonly associated with marriage and celebrating love, indicating that the envelope may have been used to give gifts of money specifically at weddings (b) appears to be transcription and some translation of the red envelope.

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