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Object Number
991-12-60/14935A
Display Title
Pair of Openwork Earrings, Enameled Copper Alloy (?)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
earring - erhuan
Object Description
Pair of earrings. Copper alloy (?). Openwork Chinese characters and leaf-shaped pendant enameled in the center. <transliteration> (fortune). <transliteration> (Chinese name). 5.1 cm. (l) x 2 cm. (w) x 1.5 cm. (d).
Inventory Description
Earring, brass, good fortune symbol on wire, enameled bat on leaf pendant
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Pigment, Copper alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 4.9 x 1.8 cm (1 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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