Vessel

Museum number:
9-8221
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090008221
Alternate number:
3562 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
water container; vessel, miniature; brass; crescent-shaped demon’s head (T’ao Tieh (?)) with 2 opposed dragons compose handle; water container for writing. Same as 9-9433a,b, 9550.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
China
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons, Miniature (size attribute), and Vessels (containers)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Vessel, accession number 9-8221, described as water container; vessel, miniature; brass; crescent-shaped demon’s head (T’ao Tieh (?)) with 2 opposed dragons compose handle; water container for writing. Same as 9-9433a,b, 9550.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Vessel, accession number 9-8221, described as water container; vessel, miniature; brass; crescent-shaped demon’s head (T’ao Tieh (?)) with 2 opposed dragons compose handle; water container for writing. Same as 9-9433a,b, 9550.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Vessel, accession number 9-8221, described as water container; vessel, miniature; brass; crescent-shaped demon’s head (T’ao Tieh (?)) with 2 opposed dragons compose handle; water container for writing. Same as 9-9433a,b, 9550.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vessel, accession number 9-8221, described as water container; vessel, miniature; brass; crescent-shaped demon’s head (T’ao Tieh (?)) with 2 opposed dragons compose handle; water container for writing. Same as 9-9433a,b, 9550.

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