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Object Number:C677B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Chinese
Provenience: China
Period: Qing Dynasty
Date Made: Qing Dynasty
Early Date: 1644
Late Date: 1912
Section:Asian
Materials:Teak
Technique:Carved
Credit Line:Purchased from Wanamaker's Department Store; subscription of Eldridge R. Johnson, 1927
Other Number:13249/14 - Other Number
CG2000-1-201 - Found in Collection Number

Description

Rectangular base with four legs. Has 4 indentations on top. Carved in undulating style. Shiny, black substance speckled over object. Color is dark brown.

Bibliography:

[Article] Lyons, Elizabeth. 1978. "Chinese Jades: The Role of Jade in Ancient China: An Introduction to a Special Exhibition at The University Museum". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 20. no. 3. pg. 4-20 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 17, Fig. 21View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Fernald, Helen E. 1928. "The George Byron Gordon Memorial Collection of Chinese Objects in Jade, Crystal, Lapis Lazuli and Coral". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. XIX. no. No. 1. pg. 35-71 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 53View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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