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1917.14.34

Cast from a carved block representing the Emperor & Empress of China, although the cast itself is of one side of the block only, representing the Empress.

1917.14.34

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cast from a carved block representing the Emperor & Empress of China, although the cast itself is of one side of the block only, representing the Empress.
Person
Field collector Moravian Mission
PRM source Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1917
Date collected
By 1917
Acquisition information
Donated: 07/1917
Materials and processes
Material Plaster, Material Wood Plant, Process Cast
Dimensions
Length: max 320 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1917.14.34
Research and responses

According to Luo Wen Hua, visiting researcher from the Palace Museum, Beijing (July 2009) the figure is wearing Western Tibetan costume. [El.B 23/07/2009]

For further information on Beatrice Braithwaite Batty see Biographies file and also listing on the National Register of Archives [listed under Batty]. Papers also in the Bodleian Library. [MdeA 24/6/99]

Search terms: Religion, Figure, Reproduction, Cast, Religious Object, Amulet