decorated plaque (scroll weight?). narrow, decorated brass plaque, inscribed with various calligraphic styles, some enclosed in squares, rectangles or ovals; other free standing.
Donor:
Estate of Elizabeth Huff
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Elizabeth Huff
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
August 5, 1988
Context of use:
possiblly a scroll weight, used to hold a scroll open
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 0.3 centimeters, width 2 centimeters, and length 16.75 centimeters