Buttons

Museum number:
9-21340a-f
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
9-21340a-e and IV-3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cm
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Manchu (Qing) Dynasty 1644-1911
Culture or time period:
Manchu people and Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1943
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating) and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
Manchu (Qing) Dynasty
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
For Mandarin dress.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Leaves— length 2.5 centimeters, Gourds— length 1.7 centimeters, and Leaves— width 2.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 10 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 11 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 12 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 13 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 14 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 15 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 16 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 17 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 18 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 19 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 20 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 21 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 22 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 23 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 24 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 25 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 26 of 26 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21340a-f, described as Silver buttons in gourd shape with leaves.* Fluted gourds lined with turquoise enamel, as is the flower. One gourd smashed. 1.7 cm long. Leaves etched. The two opposite points bent up. Size of leaf square 2.5 cm

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