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  • Collection: Objects

Calligraphy

Framed Calligraphy Black sumi ink calligraphy composed of four large characters with verical lines of smaller characters to the left and the artist's two red seals at bottom left one positive and one negative. Written on white hand made Japanese…

Calligraphy

Framed Calligraphy Black ink sumi on white handmade Japanese paper with hemp leaf design. Two red artist seals on left on positive and one negative. Glass on top of calligraphy. Dark brown stain mitered wood frame. Cardboard backing to be replaced.…

Calligraphy

Framed Calligraphy Black Sumi Ink on White handmade Japanese Paper with Origami Crane and Wave Design. Two red artist seals at bottom left one negative and one positive. Glass covers calligraphy. Dark brown stain mitered wood frame concave center.…

Patent medicine

A paper wrapped package. There are some tears on the paper and most of them are on the back side. From one tearing hole the package seems to have many black bricks in it. The black bricks are compressive herbs and there is powder of the black bricks…

Patent medicine set

1997.43.2A-P A hardboard box (L:1.18" W:0.87" H:2.8"). outer surface is wrapped floral paper and a pink or green label is adhered to the mikkle of the box. Inner surface is wrapped by red paper. In each box there are one medicine oil bottle (L:o.55"…

Patent medicine

1997.43.3Ai A rolling folking prescription is wrapped by multicolored paper (D:1". H: 2.72") and cannot be separated. The prescription is yellowed and is printed in black. The wrapping paper has the medicine manufacturer's picture and a statement of…

patent medicine

1997.43.4A A white paper box (L: 2.36" W: 1.38" H:0.55") with green prints. The red prints are notices of patent medicine and external use only. the blue a little blurred number stamps seems like the production or expiration date (79 01 05 * this…

Patent medicine

A adhesive plaster which is used for muscle or bone injury. The adhesive plaster is brown and is hardened now. There is a white paper wrapped it and both ends of the paper are broken. One of the ends is particular dark. There are some characters in…

Unknown medicine

1997.43.6A A two part round golden metal box (D: 2.36" H:0.71"; 0.24"--cap). The surface of outside box has many scratches. The cap has several frayed lines. The metal color inside the box and the outer round connection area of bottom part is…

Unknown medicine

Some brown powder is in a yellowed folding paper. The corner of paper has a tear that powder can leak from it. The powder is unidentifiable.