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Object Number 991-12-60/15049B
Display Title Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Set of eleven small pewter buttons. Five are distinctly carved in incised floral design. The other four are similarly carved floral design but with a more abstract pattern. One larger button included in the set of the same shape but differently carved in design (k). <transliteration> (Chinese name). Each: 2 cm. (?) x 1.4 cm. (?) x 1.3 cm. (?); (k) 3.3 cm. (?) x 2.5 cm. (?) x 2.6 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Button, bronze, spherical rosette, Ling zhi fungus
Classification
  • Button
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 1.2 x 1.1 x 1.8 cm (1/2 x 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons
991-12-60/15049J Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons
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Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons
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Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons
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Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons
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Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons
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Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons
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