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Two Round Decorated Buttons - One of Gold and One of Painted Enamel
Two Round Decorated Buttons - One of Gold and One of Painted Enamel
Object Number 991-12-60/15054A
Display Title Two Round Decorated Buttons - One of Gold and One of Painted Enamel
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Button: (a) one gold (rounded) button with bird and cherry blossom motif carved in center and Chinese characters on back. (b) round button of painted enamel with butterfly motif. <transliteration> (Chinese name). (a) 2 cm. (?) x 2 cm. (?) x 1.2 cm. (?); (b) 2 cm. (?) x 2 cm. (?) x .7 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Button, enameled metal, butterfly design, blue, red, yellow, pink
Classification
  • Button
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Copper alloy, Enamel, Pigment, Gold, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 1.1 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm (7/16 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Chinese characters on back of gold button (a)
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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