Papercuts

Museum number:
9-21310a-h
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
VI-3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Set of 7 papercuts and envelope 1) Double fish (doubly abundant) 21.5 x 15 cm. 2) Double joy (for weddings) 20.3 x 13 cm. 3) Children shadow boxing. 14 x 20 cm. 4) Lantern with six bamboo and flower panels 14 x 20 cm. 5) lantern with six carp and flower panels under lotus and other flowers. 14.5 x 20 cm. 6) Dragon reaching for pearl of perfection over waters and under fish (like at ends of roof ridge). 13.5 x 20 cm. 7) Lotus with two birds. 14.5 x 20 cm.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased by Ilse Fang at Chinese Bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1978
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Used as patterns for embroidery.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Papercuts, accession number 9-21310a-h, described as Set of 7 papercuts and envelope 1) Double fish (doubly abundant) 21.5 x 15 cm. 2) Double joy (for weddings) 20.3 x 13 cm. 3) Children shadow boxing. 14 x 20 cm. 4) Lantern with six bamboo and flower panels 14 x 20 cm. 5) lantern with six carp and flower panels under lotus and other flowers. 14.5 x 20 cm. 6) Dragon reaching for pearl of perfection over waters and under fish (like at ends of roof ridge). 13.5 x 20 cm. 7) Lotus with two birds. 14.5 x 20 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Papercuts, accession number 9-21310a-h, described as Set of 7 papercuts and envelope 1) Double fish (doubly abundant) 21.5 x 15 cm. 2) Double joy (for weddings) 20.3 x 13 cm. 3) Children shadow boxing. 14 x 20 cm. 4) Lantern with six bamboo and flower panels 14 x 20 cm. 5) lantern with six carp and flower panels under lotus and other flowers. 14.5 x 20 cm. 6) Dragon reaching for pearl of perfection over waters and under fish (like at ends of roof ridge). 13.5 x 20 cm. 7) Lotus with two birds. 14.5 x 20 cm.

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