Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Ornate gold ring encircling an engraved stone displaying a seal. The design in the stone depicts a horseman holding reins in his left hand, while his right hand supports a large bird. A small animal, perhaps a dog, runs beside the horse's feet. The green stone sits high, held in place by two gold posts on the top and on the bottom of the ring. A three-dimensional representation of a lion head can be seen on either side of the ring. The band of the ring is thick and decorated with lozenges.

Orange vertically rectangular silk panel with embroidery image, adhered to paper. The paper covers the entire back of the panel, and the front edges. Embroidery shows a human figure wearing a long blue robe with pants underneath, and a purple and green scarf at wrists and down legs. The figure also wears an elaborate headdress, and is barefoot. A peacock is behind the figure, with head to the left and tail feathers to the right. The two are surrounded by oval embroidered shapes on top and both sides. Couching in gold wrapped thread; embroidery in green, dark blue, light brown, brown, purple, light blue, gold and yellow.

Military rank badge. Square embroidered silk panel with both gold and silver couching. The central figure is a lion embroidered onto a separate piece of fabric and sewn onto the panel. The background is a sequence of semi-regular patterns with ocean motifs interspersed, such as sea creatures, a shell, plant life. A border edges the panel and has a repeating pattern. The panel is sewn to a plain blue silk backing piece. On the backing fabric, sewn to the lower right corner is a small paper with the inscription “Lion, Military official of the second rank.” Colours are blue, light blue, gold, black, green, orange, and a very pale light blue.

Vertically rectangular panel with embroidered scene, sewn into a blue fabric frame. The scene is embroidered onto dark green silk? and shows performers engaged in various activities. At top left, a group in masks and a dragon costume climb a stack of chairs. Nearby musicians and spectators watch and one points. In the lower left are drummers and gong players. The lower right shows a dragon dance. Intermingled are trees and foliage. The blue silk frame has pink designs in the weave. The panel is backed with bright pink cotton. Colours are dark green, blue, pink, white, orange, grey, brown and red.

Long thin rectangular hanging of rust coloured silk, with embroidery and couching on lower portion. The embroidery is a scene with a boy on a dragon and a girl on a phoenix, as well as flowers, plants, waves, and buildings. Colours used are white, gold, green, blue, light green, light blue, yellow and purple, with gold thread couching in some areas. On the rear bottom left corner is a printed inscription in Chinese characters, and a piece of tape(?) with printed Chinese characters.

Vertically rectangular black embroidered and couched panel showing a bird (phoenix) standing on one leg with the other raised, wings partly spread. Foliage surrounds the bird. Couched with gold wrapped thread. Colours used are gold, red, green, blue, purple on black silk.

Orange vertically rectangular silk panel with embroidery image, adhered to paper. The paper covers the entire back of the panel, and the front edges. Embroidered on the panel is a male figure, holding a spear in his left hand. He wears an elaborate headdress. Oval embroidered shapes surround him on top and both sides. Couching in gold wrapped thread; embroidery in green, blue, gold, pink, light blue, yellow and light brown.