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Necklace consisting of small white and red glass beads, interspersed with 4 larger red-and-white beads and 4 larger white beads in different groupings, 2 small round brass beads side by side at the join, gold Lorraine cross with clover leaf terminals and zigzag border engraving, and 4 silver engraved beavers. Necklace strung on wire. Maker’s mark at bottom of the cross in a cartouche. Cartouches with no decipherable marks also on the backs of the beavers.
Collapsible fan with a band of black silk with a painted border of gold and white, a band of gold wood rectangles, and a band of green silk with a silver and gold border. The fan is supported by black bamboo ribs, each with a cut out triangle, and outer ivory ribs. Yelow cord with a green bead at the end is threaded through the ends of the ribs.
A long rectangular blue silk gauze sari embellished with metallic gold representations with red, green, light blue, and dark blue of leaves, branches, and flowers. The motifs in the main design field are arranged in diagonal rows. The long edges are embellished with rows of gold acanthus leaf-like swirls, interspersed with red, blue, and white dots. There is a very narrow silver binding at the edges.
Silver teacup with impressed design (different elements raised on both sides) of two simple dragons facing square floral design. Raised foot. Faint gold colour overall.
A flat tall gold metal puppet with the ornate dress painted white, red, green, blue, purple, black, gold. Her black hair has curls, and she has a headdress to match her dress. The shoulders and elbows are rotatable and a marionnette stick is attached through the palm of each hand.
Miniature, standing gold human figure holding a mask-like human head in its left hand and a long, curved knife that is stuck in the head's forehead in the right hand. Figure's arms and legs are long and thin while the face appears mask-like, having an elongated forehead and slits for eyes. Figure wears a thong-like rope-shaped garment running around the waist and between the legs. Figure stands on a small, flat, square-shaped gold base.
Miniature, standing, gold human figure smoking a long, curved pipe with the right hand and holding a basked on its head with the left hand. Figure's arms and legs are long and thin while the face appears mask-like, having an elongated forehead and slits for eyes. Figure wears a thong-like rope-shaped garment running around the waist and between the legs. Figure stands on a small, flat, square gold base.
Red gold and black human figure (part a) sitting cross-legged on a lotus flower--figure wears a headdress, flowing, open robes, and has both hands laid palm-up, one on top of the other, in her lap. Figure has a large rectangular hole on the back exposing the cavity within. Figure sits on a square red wooden base (part b)--faded paper glued to the front of base features an inscription that reads: "...commonly called The Goddess of Mercy...."
Seated, throned, male human wooden figure. Figure wears a hat-like object and flowing, open robes. Gold leaf(?) and red paint are visible in spots. Large piece of paper glued to the bottom carries an inscription: "A god from the temple of the soogenii at Canton, China, obtained when the temple was being demolished. 1923/donated by/Stewart ...."
An onament made of an elaborately knotted pink cord with a bell and two tassels attached. Above the bell, there is a loop, below which, there is a lozenge-shaped flat knotted shape. Below the bell, there is a smaller looped pattern. The bell is spherical with a slit in the bottom half. The bell is silver-coloured with inlaid discs of blue, purple, blue-green, and yellow enamel each with a Chinese character, and with lines of dots of the same colours in between. The two tassels are attached below the second knotted design. They have multicoloured strands and are wrapped at the top with gold thread that has a pattern picked out of the tassels’ strands on the surface of each wrapped area.