Eight paper cutouts mounted on gray cardboard. Clockwise from upper left: 1. Bird on berried twig over cabbage (magpie? homophonous with “joy”; cabbage with “wealth.” 2. Fisherman with fish (homophonous with “plenty”. 3. Bird as in #1 over unknown loop. 4. Reverse of #1. 5. Bird over loop. 6. Cock over chrysanthemum. 7. Bird in tree. 8. Medallion scalloped inside with the legend “The Flower of Freedom.” Panel 43.2 x 27.5 cm
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Southern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Nanking
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cut-paper work
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Patterns for embroidery
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 27.5 centimeters and width 43.2 centimeters