Seal

Museum number:
9-13370
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013370
Alternate number:
3572 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3855 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Seal; seated dog with head turned left, left front paw on ball. Two small hole sin left top of circular base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Right leg (a different color and thinner than the left leg) may have been repaired. Diameter: 4.8 cm., 4.5 cm. high.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Seals (artifacts)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-13370, described as Seal; seated dog with head turned left, left front paw on ball. Two small hole sin left top of circular base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Right leg (a different color and thinner than the left leg) may have been repaired. Diameter: 4.8 cm., 4.5 cm. high.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-13370, described as Seal; seated dog with head turned left, left front paw on ball. Two small hole sin left top of circular base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Right leg (a different color and thinner than the left leg) may have been repaired. Diameter: 4.8 cm., 4.5 cm. high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-13370, described as Seal; seated dog with head turned left, left front paw on ball. Two small hole sin left top of circular base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Right leg (a different color and thinner than the left leg) may have been repaired. Diameter: 4.8 cm., 4.5 cm. high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-13370, described as Seal; seated dog with head turned left, left front paw on ball. Two small hole sin left top of circular base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Right leg (a different color and thinner than the left leg) may have been repaired. Diameter: 4.8 cm., 4.5 cm. high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-13370, described as Seal; seated dog with head turned left, left front paw on ball. Two small hole sin left top of circular base. Red ink imbedded in seal. Right leg (a different color and thinner than the left leg) may have been repaired. Diameter: 4.8 cm., 4.5 cm. high.

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