buckle

Object NameBuckle

Made FromGlass, gilt-bronze

Date1850-1949

Place MadeChina

TechniqueCast, carved

SizeOverall H (max): 4.5 cm, L: 6.6 cm; Glass H: 3.6 cm, L: 5.5 cm

Accession Number51.6.389

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern
Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

玻璃福禄绵绵带扣

Physical DescriptionBuckle. Transparent green glass; cast, carved. Rectangular with notched corners; cut pattern in relief of branches, leaves and gourds with the bottom a plain base set into a heavy ornate gilt-bronze of the same shape but slightly larger and decorated with a running blossoming vine in relief; bottom incised with flower and leaves pattern; two open bars and other not understood (perhaps incomplete) means for attachment of the belt.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951

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