| Object Number | 2003-39-30 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Liaoning |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Date Made | ca. 1895 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Papier Mache | Wicker |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language | Chinese Language | German Language |
| Description | Wicker basket covered in papier mache to seal in pickled shrimp (xiayou xiaocai 蝦油小菜). Made by 福源長 (Fu Yuan Chang) “Luck Springs Eternal" shop located in Jinzhou in Liaoning province according to a label on the side. A German label indicates that it was collected in Hankou (Wuhan, Hubei) where, presumably the pickles were also sold. |
| Height | 15 cm |
| Length | 25 cm |
| Width | 14.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1993.X.755 - Other Number | 373 - Other Number | 4522 - Other Number |
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