Brass tray; edge scalloped with peony motif; edge of base means “may good luck come to you like a surging ocean wave”; center of tray is “Good Luck” character Fu surrounded by band of stylized dragons; diameter 10 3/8 inches.
Donor:
Estate of Camille J. Ehrenfels
Collection place:
China
Collector:
Camille J. Ehrenfels and Henry Ehrenfels
Collection date:
before January 19, 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #67: University of California, Berkeley (May 28, 1980–June 24, 1980)