Part Of Brick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Jun 1919
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Abby K. McLane
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "From the porcelain tower of Nanking, built by the emperor Sunglok of the Ming dynasty in 1840 [sic]. Destroyed by Taeping rebels in 1853 [sic]. "L" shaped."
label: Notes
content: The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, part of the former Great Bao'en Temple, is a historical site located on the south bank of external Qinhuai River in Nanjing, China. It was a pagoda constructed in the 15th century, being completed in 1431, during the Ming dynasty, but was mostly destroyed in 1856 during the course of the Taiping Rebellion.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nanjing (Nanking), Porcelain Tower, Jiangsu Province (Kiangsu), China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 063786
label: USNM Number
content: E307122-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Brick