Bowl

Museum number:
9-13635a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913635a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Box; paper mache; red lacquer with brown and gold and black floral designs, Chinese characters on lid; a - lid, 38 cm diam., 10 cm deep; b - base, 38 cm diam., 8 cm deep. China, Hong Kong Bamboo, paper mache, lacquer For delivering traditional wedding cakes to houses of family and friends on the occasion of a marriage. Traditional wedding cakes and boxes are being increasingly replaced by western type cakes. Frequently seen stacked high at entrances of tea houses or bakeries specializing in wedding cakes.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-13635a,b, described as Box; paper mache; red lacquer with brown and gold and black floral designs, Chinese characters on lid; a - lid, 38 cm diam., 10 cm deep; b - base, 38 cm diam., 8 cm deep. China, Hong Kong Bamboo, paper mache, lacquer For delivering traditional wedding cakes to houses of family and friends on the occasion of a marriage. Traditional wedding cakes and boxes are being increasingly replaced by western type cakes. Frequently seen stacked high at entrances of tea houses or bakeries specializing in wedding cakes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-13635a,b, described as Box; paper mache; red lacquer with brown and gold and black floral designs, Chinese characters on lid; a - lid, 38 cm diam., 10 cm deep; b - base, 38 cm diam., 8 cm deep. China, Hong Kong Bamboo, paper mache, lacquer For delivering traditional wedding cakes to houses of family and friends on the occasion of a marriage. Traditional wedding cakes and boxes are being increasingly replaced by western type cakes. Frequently seen stacked high at entrances of tea houses or bakeries specializing in wedding cakes.

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