Figurine

Museum number:
9-16712
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090016712
Alternate number:
51 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3854
Description:
Buddha, seated, Blanc de Chine. Numerous cracks: across his right leg, on left shoulder, on sack held in left hand, under chin. Fingertips of right hand appear chipped. Does not sit flat on table, but rocks. 17 1/2 cm high.
Donor:
Gladys "Gay" Womack and Robert Womack
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, unsp.
Collector:
Gladys "Gay" Womack and Robert Womack
Collection date:
1920s
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1983
Context of use:
Late Ching
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 17.5 centimeters
Comment:
See appraiser's list in acc. env.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-16712, described as Buddha, seated, Blanc de Chine. Numerous cracks: across his right leg, on left shoulder, on sack held in left hand, under chin. Fingertips of right hand appear chipped. Does not sit flat on table, but rocks. 17 1/2 cm high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-16712, described as Buddha, seated, Blanc de Chine. Numerous cracks: across his right leg, on left shoulder, on sack held in left hand, under chin. Fingertips of right hand appear chipped. Does not sit flat on table, but rocks. 17 1/2 cm high.

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