Plaque Item Number: Edz4307 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Vertical rectangle plaque with a curved top. There is a hole at the centre of the curved top end and characters on both sides. There is a seal at bottom on the face with two columns of characters and two incuse characters inside. There are two or four incuse characters at the bottom on the reverse.
History Of Use
Bronze pass tag for entry into a palace, Jin dynasty (late 12th/early 13th). The exact purpose of the passes is not entirely clear, but this one seems to have allowed the bearer entry into the palace of one of the Princes of Jing.
Item History
- Made in China
- Collected between 1893 and 1911
- Owned by Colin Campbell Brown
- Owned by Hugh Campbell Brown before February 1, 1961
- Received from Hugh Campbell Brown (Donor) on February 1, 1961
What
- Name
- Plaque
- Identification Number
- Edz4307
- Type of Item
- plaque
- Material
- copper alloy metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- filed and cast
- Overall
- height 0.3 cm, width 5.4 cm, depth 16.3 cm, weight 151.7 g
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Colin Campbell Brown and Hugh Campbell Brown
- Received from
- Hugh Campbell Brown (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before February 1, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on February 1, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0042/0072