Box w/ cover

Museum number:
9-5575a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21095575a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knob
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #71: San Jose State University (March 23, 1973–April 13, 1973) and S1982-1983 #21: Santa Barbara Museum of Art (November 24, 1982–April 14, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knobHearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knob
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5575a,b, described as Ivory box with cover; oval; elaborately carved in imitation of basket full of flowers in very high relief; cover has more flowers with bee as knob; 4.5 in x 5.25 in x 3.5 in to top of knob

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