MS 7418 Chinese painting on silk
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7418

NAA INV 10000079

USNM Accession 177182

USNM Catalog 385972
label: Variant Title
content: Cover of a shawl box
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: East Asia
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (painting on silk, backed by paper, 17.5 x 17.5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1850
container: label: Container
content: Folder 7418
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Gift of Gertrude C. Park, October 30, 1947. Said by donor to have come from China in 1850. The collection was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins, July 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7418
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Paintings
label: Type
content: Textiles
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Information furnished by Emily Hoover, summer volunteer, Department of Anthropology, 1986.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
label: Genre/Form
content: Textiles
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one (1) painting on silk by an unknown artist. It may have originally been the cover of a shawl box. The painting depicts a bird, possibly a magpie, surrounded by red and orange peonies and green leaves, all surrounded by a brilliant blue square bank of leaves with a peony in each corner.  The painting is bordered by an embroidered band of stylized floral designs in red silk.  

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