Opium Lamp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1947
name: label: Collector
content: Vorda Honnold
label: Donor Name
content: Vorda Honnold
notes: label: Notes
content: OPIUM LAMP OF CIRCULAR FORM. MAIN BODY OF IVORY DECORATED WITH INCISED AND PAINTED DESIGN TO SHOW TWO SEPARATE SCENES: ONE OF A CRANE UNDER A PINE TREE, THE OTHER OF A BIRD PERCHED ON TOP OF A ROCK ABOVE A PINE TREE BOTH SCENES WITH DEDICATORY INSCRIPTIONS. GLASS SHADE MOUNTED WITH BRASS COLLAR WITH PIERCED GEOMETRIC AND INCISED FLORAL DESIGN. BRASS BASE WITH THREE TREFOIL FEET. ACCORDING TO APPRAISAL BY ELISABETH WEIKERT DOUGLAS, THE LAMP DATES FROM THE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY OF CHINA'S QING DYNASTY. (SEE ACCESSION FILE).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Shanghai, China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364394
label: USNM Number
content: E425670-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 10.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.7 cm