Vase (Ping)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Dec 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1853
name: label: Collector
content: John M. Kell
label: Donor Name
content: Wingfield N. Chamberlain
notes: label: Notes
content: PAIR OF SYMMETRICAL DISPLAY PORCELAIN VASES. FLARING, SCALLOPED RIMS. ROUNDED SHOULDERS WITH FOUR ATTACHED DRAGON FIGURES IN RELIEF. TWO PAIRS OF YOUTHFUL HUMAN FIGURES (BUDDHIST ALTAR ATTENDANTS) ATTACHED AT THE NECK OF EACH VASE. BOTH VASES DECORATED IDENTICALLY WITH SCENES OF PEOPLE AND LANDSCAPES BORDERED WITH AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS OF FISH, BUTTERFLY, CANOPY, COIN, AND SWORD IN OVERGLAZE POLYCHROME ENAMELS. 1/2 GOOD CONDITION 2/2 RIM HAS BEEN BROKEN AND REPAIRED. LARGE PIECE MISSING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: 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: 390881
label: USNM Number
content: E425724-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vase
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 59.4 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 27 cm