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Object Number 991-12-60/15021
Display Title Porcelain Female Doll Dressed in Manchu Costume
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Porcelain female doll dressed in Manchu costume. Silk embroidered outer garments (yellow robe, lilac and blue jacket). Cotton undergarments. High sole shoes. Elaborate hairstyle with paper and silk floral ornaments and red silk tassels. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 57 cm. (l) x 27 cm. (w) x 11 cm. (d).
Inventory Description Toy, doll, fancy clothes, shoes, earrings, hair flowers, mirror, blue eyes
Classification
  • Toy
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 56.5 x 28 x 11 cm (22 1/4 x 11 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15021
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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