boxes w/ covers, miniature; porcelain; square shape w/ [handwritten on card: painted] enamel designs of peach, pomegranate and butterfly on four sides; flat lid w/ enamel design of a child (immortal) astrides a Chi-lin (imaginary animal); gilded edge; a-f identical (c & d slightly damaged); g-l identical; 3x2x2 cm.
Donor:
Bertha Hammond
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China unsp.
Collector:
Bertha Hammond
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating), Pigment, and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute) and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
made in 19th cen.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 3 centimeters, width 2 centimeters, and height 2 centimeters