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CIGARETTE HOLDER

CIGARETTE HOLDER

Cat. no.: 62.28.1-7

Artist: Cartier (Firm)

Date: 1909-1922

The sides of the white jade bowl flare outward and upward. The rim is bent sharply horizontal. There is a simple ring foot. The bowl has been made into a cigarette holder with four ashtrays in...

MAGNIFYING GLASS

MAGNIFYING GLASS

Cat. no.: 62.70

Artist: Unknown

Date: 20th c.

The magnifying glass has no rim around the glass. The jade handle is plain at its rounded end and carved with a series of large flowers at the top where it joins the glass. The handle is ...

LAMP OF AN ELEPHANT (ONE OF TWO)

LAMP OF AN ELEPHANT (ONE OF TWO)

Cat. no.: 62.97.1

Artist: Unknown (Maker)

Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century

A pair of lamps with a jade carving of an elephant as its base. Each elephant is carved from solid spinach jade. The body is carved to imitate a rich Caparison. On the top where the houdah usually...

LAMP OF AN ELEPHANT (ONE OF TWO)

LAMP OF AN ELEPHANT (ONE OF TWO)

Cat. no.: 62.97.2

Artist: Unknown (Manufacturer)

Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century

A pair of lamps with a jade carving of an elephant as its base. Each elephant is carved from solid spinach jade. The body is carved to imitate a rich Caparison. On the top where the houdah usually...

VASE (ONE OF TWO)

VASE (ONE OF TWO)

Cat. no.: 63.11.1

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1910-1970

The pair of vases bulge outward in the center and narrow at the two ends. The central band is carved with a continuous landscape showing rocks, trees, houses and people. The top and bottom of the...

BOX

BOX

Cat. no.: 63.14

Artist: Unknown

Date: ca. 1950

A box made in imitation tortoiseshell. It consists of three tiers secured on the outside by two latches, one at the front and one at the back. When these are opened, the box can be opened to...

RADIO

RADIO

Cat. no.: 63.15

Artist: Unknown

Date: ca. 1950

Box is shaped like a Chinese low cabinet on four square feet. With two doors on the front decorated with Chinese motifs, including a table and two vases on the left door and two vases on the...

FIGURINE OF QUANYIN, THE BUDDHIST GODDESS OF MERCY

FIGURINE OF QUANYIN, THE BUDDHIST GODDESS OF MERCY

Cat. no.: 63.6

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1910-1970

This figurine was molded in a deep purple bakelite to depict Guanyin, the Buddhist goddess of mercy, wearing long billowing robes, a hood, and necklaces. She stands with her hands folded under...

FIGURINE OF ZHANG GUO-LAO, ONE OF THE EIGHT DAOIST IMMORTALS

FIGURINE OF ZHANG GUO-LAO, ONE OF THE EIGHT DAOIST IMMORTALS

Cat. no.: 63.7

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1910-1970

This figurine of Zhang Guo-lao, one of the eight Daoist Immortals, is molded in dark purple bakelite. He is depicted as an elderly man with a long moustache and beard, wearing a court official's...

FIGURINE OF HAN XIANGZI, ONE OF THE EIGHT DAOIST IMMORTALS

FIGURINE OF HAN XIANGZI, ONE OF THE EIGHT DAOIST IMMORTALS

Cat. no.: 63.8

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1910-1970

This figurine, molded of dark purple bakelite, represents Han Xiangzi, one of the eight Daoist immortals, as an elderly man with a short moustache and beard, wearing long flowing robes with long...

PAPER ROLL

PAPER ROLL

Cat. no.: 71.1

Artist: McClintock (Manufacturer)

Date: 20th c.

Paper roll is composed of grey metal and has a metal bar to hold the roll of paper in the stand in the center. Frame is rectangular in shape with a central bar which contains the cutter. Mounted...

DOUBLE BOILER (ONE OF TWO)

DOUBLE BOILER (ONE OF TWO)

Cat. no.: 71.10.1-3

Artist: Vollrath (Manufacturer)

Date: 20th c.

Stainless steel double boiler composed of a round cylindrical pot, with a cylindrical insert and a flat lid. Two handles.

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