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FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF AUGUSTUS RIGGS

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: First Floor Library


About this object

The frame is carved from jade. It is rectangular with a slightly curved top edge. The jade is pale green in color. It is carved with an openwork design of vines and flowers and there are two long tailed birds in the jade at top. The frame contains a black and white photograph with border of Augustus Riggs, ca. 1950, wearing a dark chalk-striped suit.

Object name:
FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF AUGUSTUS RIGGS
Made from:
Jade -- brass -- photograph
Made in:
China
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
26.5 x 20.6 cm (10 7/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
62.116
Class:
HARDSTONE
Signature marks:
Inscription 2 Center top of back of frame. Handwritten in pencil. Inscription 1 Left top of back of frame. Handwritten in pencil. Inscription By Udel Bros. Lower right corner of photograph. Handwritten in script. Inscription CHINA Lower left side of the back of the frame. Etched into jade.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973