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Object Number 991-12-60/15146A
Display Title Two Fan-Shaped Silver Place Card Holders with Dragon Motifs
Descriptions
Object Description Two fan-shaped place card holders. Silver. Dragon decorative elements in relief. Slit at top for card. Maker's stamp on back. 7.8 cm. (?) x 5.2 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Ornament, silver fan, dragon design in relief, slotted top, easel back
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 1904
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 cm (3 1/16 x 2 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15146A
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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