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Object Number
991-12-60/14940C
Display Title
Six Single Earrings with Various Leaf, Fish, Bat, and Bell Motifs
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
earring - erhuan
Object Description
Six single earrings: (a) long narrow pendant, enameled copper alloy with leaf motif at end (6.2 cm. (l) x 1 cm. (d) x 1 cm. (w)); (b) enameled copper alloy with fish motif with leaf hanging from it (6.2 cm. (l) x 3.3 cm. (w) x .7 cm. (d)); (c) enameled copper alloy, openwork Chinese character and two bats with a leaf form hanging from it with a bat in relief on one side (4. cm. (l) x 2.3 cm. (d) x 2.1 cm. (w)); (d) enameled copper alloy, openwork bat motif and three bells hanging from it, a spring extends out and from bat's head with glass bead at end (4.8 cm. (l) x 3.7 cm. (d) x 12.5 cm. (w)); (e) copper alloy in relief floral motifs, three leaf pendants (6.3 cm. (l) x 3.7 cm. (w) x .9 cm. (d)); (f) copper alloy, kingfisher feathers, glass beads - bat motifs (3 cm. (l) x 2.3 cm. (d) x 1.7 cm. (w)). <transliteration> (Chinese name).
Inventory Description
Earring, gilt brass, french hook, enameled longevity symbol, leaf pendant
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 5.2 x 2 cm (2 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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