Memorial tablet and stand

Museum number:
9-18681a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
9-18681a
Accession number:
Acc.4349
Description:
memorial tablet with stand, a) tablet painted red; blackened from age; 15 raised gilded Chinese characters;* 10 x 31 x 1.8 cm. b) stand, dark red wood with a lotus design in front (carved); 16 x 9 x 5 cm. Has mount
Donor:
Estate of Elizabeth Huff
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, unspecified
Collector:
Elizabeth Huff
Collection date:
probably 1940-1946
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
August 5, 1988
Context of use:
*Tablet is a memorial of Confucius to be put in the altar at people's home. Characters are the titles of Confucius and the surnames of his four disciples, two on each side.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— height 1.8 centimeters, b— width 9 centimeters, a— width 10 centimeters, b— height 5 centimeters, a— length 31 centimeters, and b— length 16 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Memorial tablet and stand, accession number 9-18681a,b, described as memorial tablet with stand, a) tablet painted red; blackened from age; 15 raised gilded Chinese characters;* 10 x 31 x 1.8 cm. b) stand, dark red wood with a lotus design in front (carved); 16 x 9 x 5 cm. Has mount
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Memorial tablet and stand, accession number 9-18681a,b, described as memorial tablet with stand, a) tablet painted red; blackened from age; 15 raised gilded Chinese characters;* 10 x 31 x 1.8 cm. b) stand, dark red wood with a lotus design in front (carved); 16 x 9 x 5 cm. Has mount

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