calling card case, ivory; rectangular, intricately carved w/ flowers on edges of case, people, house; central motif of twisting dragon w/ black eyes; one side of case has round blank area; a) base, b) lid; overall 11 x 7 cm.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and Older University Collections
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, att.
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
calling card case used by Europeans (English) but made to their dimensions in China; Victorian period, ca. 1880. Role in trade: made in China for Victorian English.