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Object Number
991-12-60/15049A
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
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
Dimensions
Overall: 1.1 x 1.1 x 1.8 cm (7/16 x 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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| 991-12-60/15049J | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15049C | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15049B | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15049D | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15049E | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15049F | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15049K | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15049H | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15049I | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15049G | Eleven Small Carved Pewter Buttons |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15052A | Pewter Ornamental Trinkets of Differing Classical Shapes |
Button
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China
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| 991-12-60/15052B | Pewter Ornamental Trinkets of Differing Classical Shapes |
Button
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China
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