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Round Blue Silk Purse with Petit-Point Embroidery, Silk Cords, and Ceramic Beads
Round Blue Silk Purse with Petit-Point Embroidery, Silk Cords, and Ceramic Beads
Object Number 991-12-60/15025
Display Title Round Blue Silk Purse with Petit-Point Embroidery, Silk Cords, and Ceramic Beads
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Round blue silk purse with petit-point embroidery on gauze. Embroidery is in tones of blue, green, and white with wave and abstract landscape motifs. Red with blue and white silk cords with green ceramic beads with incised designs. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Purse: 12.5 cm. (?) x 11 cm. (?); cords: 20 cm. (l) maximum.
Inventory Description Bag, woven blue and brown silk, strap and drawstring, four green beads
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Silk, Silk thread, Ceramic, Dye, Silk cloth, Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 12.3 x 11 x 1.6 cm (4 13/16 x 4 5/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15025
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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