Accession No

1979.254 B


Description

Ink, one of two small, rectangular blocks of black ink. Decorated with a scene of a waterfall and a fish.


Place

Asia; East Asia; China


Period


Source

Carpenter, Myra Gertrude (Miss) [collector]; Claydon (Mrs) [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1979.254 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ink; Pigment


Local Term


Measurements

17mm x 5mm x 70mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Two small, rectangular blocks of black ink. A: decorated with Chinese characters in gold. B: with decoration depicting some kind of scene
Event Date 1979
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (Other owners)
Collected by: Carpenter.Miss
Event Date 7/1/1994
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (Amendments / updates)
One of a collection of objects collected by Miss. Carpenter and donated by Mrs. Claydon. According to the catalogue card for 1979.266:
'Miss Carpenter, who originally lived in Wiltshire, worked for the China Inland Mission in Szechuan from 1927-1945; during which time she collected these various objects. On her return to England she moved to Norfolk. On her death these objects were left to Mrs. Claydon (of Shipdham, Norfolk), her next-door-neighbour, through whom the collection was given to this museum.'
Event Date 11/5/2016
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Ink, one of two small, rectangular blocks of black ink. Decorated with Chinese characters in gold on one side and an image in raised relief on the reverse. The image depicts a waterfall with a fish, possibly a carp, in the water. Broken into two fragments.
Event Date 14/10/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin


FM:285085

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