Box

94-10-2.15

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 94-10-2.15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sino-Tibetan
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty
Date Made Qing Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Cloth | Glass | Ivory
Technique Carved
Iconography Dragons | Deities | Urns
Description

Wooden trapezoidal box. Hole cut out of one side surrounded by blue cloth with dragons on it. Other side: 4 geometric/floral designs set inside circles, interspersed with swastikas, behind glass. At either end: small portraits of gods and urns behind glass with green ivory carvings seperating them. Large metal screw in top of both short sides.

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Fred Maloof (Richard G. and Jennifer L. Maloof), 1994

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