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Long Rectangular Silk/Paper-Covered Wooden Box Containing Silk Flowers and Other
Long Rectangular Silk/Paper-Covered Wooden Box Containing Silk Flowers and Other
Object Number 991-12-60/15163A
Display Title Long Rectangular Silk/Paper-Covered Wooden Box Containing Silk Flowers and Other
Descriptions
Object Description Long rectangular wooden box (a), covered with silk and paper. Box contains silk flowers and other ornaments (#15164-15179). Interior lined with pink fabric (silk?). Lid (b) has a long red and black label with four Chinese characters ("Happiness, Long life through Prolonged years"). Yellow paper tag has seven Chinese characters in black ink - adhered to inside end which read: <transliteration> ("Gift to American Ambassador Conger"). 123.5 cm. (l) x 16 cm. (w) x 14.5 cm. (h).
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Wood, Silk cloth, Paper
Label on object Lid has a black and red label with four Chinese characters
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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