Pair of spring couplets

Museum number:
9-21359a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
VIII 4 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Pair of spring couplets. Black ink on red paper, mounted in US 1975. “Together, Japanese, Mongolians, Manchurians and Chinese constitute an iron wall; As close neighbors, they will exterminate the Communists and strengthen this crucible.”
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Mongolia
Verbatim coll. place:
Inner Mongolia
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Ink and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
For door posts at New Year's. Politically correct pair.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pair of spring couplets, accession number 9-21359a,b, described as Pair of spring couplets. Black ink on red paper, mounted in US 1975. “Together, Japanese, Mongolians, Manchurians and Chinese constitute an iron wall; As close neighbors, they will exterminate the Communists and strengthen this crucible.”Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pair of spring couplets, accession number 9-21359a,b, described as Pair of spring couplets. Black ink on red paper, mounted in US 1975. “Together, Japanese, Mongolians, Manchurians and Chinese constitute an iron wall; As close neighbors, they will exterminate the Communists and strengthen this crucible.”

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