Plaque

Museum number:
9-21338
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
VII-2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Oval Ivory plaque to remind official of the audience of the first of the month. Inked date,”First of the month” in one narrow and one wider, originally red frames. 3.333 x 5.3 cm; 4 mm thick.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Manchu (Qing) Dynasty 1644-1911. Given to Ilse Fang in Peking by Erich Wolters, antique dealer.
Culture or time period:
Manchu people and Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office and 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Production date:
Manchu (Qing) Dynasty
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
To be kept at official's desk (?)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 5.3 centimeters and width 3.333 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 9-21338, described as Oval Ivory plaque to remind official of the audience of the first of the month. Inked date,”First of the month” in one narrow and one wider, originally red frames. 3.333 x 5.3 cm; 4 mm thick.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 9-21338, described as Oval Ivory plaque to remind official of the audience of the first of the month. Inked date,”First of the month” in one narrow and one wider, originally red frames. 3.333 x 5.3 cm; 4 mm thick.

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