Plate: enamel

Museum number:
9-216
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090000216
Alternate number:
1078 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Plate, “Canton enamel”. Two multi-colored dragons on rim, white ground. Two signs for double happiness (double happiness sign used on bridal presents). Scene in center has islands, mountains, two women under trees, one person in a boat, house on a mountain. Companion plate to 9-215.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #88: KQED Television (February 20, 1970–February 25, 1970)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Plate: enamel, accession number 9-216, described as Plate, “Canton enamel”. Two multi-colored dragons on rim, white ground. Two signs for double happiness (double happiness sign used on bridal presents). Scene in center has islands, mountains, two women under trees, one person in a boat, house on a mountain. Companion plate to 9-215.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Plate: enamel, accession number 9-216, described as Plate, “Canton enamel”. Two multi-colored dragons on rim, white ground. Two signs for double happiness (double happiness sign used on bridal presents). Scene in center has islands, mountains, two women under trees, one person in a boat, house on a mountain. Companion plate to 9-215.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Plate: enamel, accession number 9-216, described as Plate, “Canton enamel”. Two multi-colored dragons on rim, white ground. Two signs for double happiness (double happiness sign used on bridal presents). Scene in center has islands, mountains, two women under trees, one person in a boat, house on a mountain. Companion plate to 9-215.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plate: enamel, accession number 9-216, described as Plate, “Canton enamel”. Two multi-colored dragons on rim, white ground. Two signs for double happiness (double happiness sign used on bridal presents). Scene in center has islands, mountains, two women under trees, one person in a boat, house on a mountain. Companion plate to 9-215.

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