Egg

Museum number:
9-5714
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Metal and Pearl (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #11: Oakland Public Museum (September 5, 1963–October 15, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Egg, accession number 9-5714, described as Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Egg, accession number 9-5714, described as Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Egg, accession number 9-5714, described as Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Egg, accession number 9-5714, described as Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Egg, accession number 9-5714, described as Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Egg, accession number 9-5714, described as Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Egg, accession number 9-5714, described as Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Egg, accession number 9-5714, described as Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Egg, accession number 9-5714, described as Egg, lacquered; birds and foliage in gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; broken and repaired; rough brown lacquer ground; height ca. 13.2 cm, diameter ca. 9 cm.

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