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Mill

Electric rice mill from Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant, 628 S. Weller St., Seattle. Appears to be red painted cast iron. Top plastic spout cracked and repaired with packing tape before collection. Brand label on front reads "GOLDEN ANVIL".…

Sculpture

Plastic or resin (?) decorative sculpture from Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant, 628 S. Weller St., Seattle. Three dark red, running horses support a large white and green cabbage. Three Chinese characters inscribed in gold on a green background on the…

Plate

2016.024.006a Small, glazed ceramic plate from Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant, 628 S. Weller St., Seattle. Yellow-white glaze overall with dark red equestrian figures and chariots between dark red borders around edge. Black maker's mark on bottom reads…

Bowl, soup

2016.024.005a Large, glazed ceramic soup bowl from Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant, 628 S. Weller St. Seattle. White glaze overall with blue outlines inside. Area inside outlines shows blue, stylized flowers. Glaze at bottom worn and scratched. Maker's…

Dish, serving

2016.024.004a Smaller, oval serving dishes from Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant, 628 S. Weller St. White glaze with dark blue outlines. Inside outlined areas has stylized blue flowers. Maker's mark on bottom reads "DURABLE CHINA TATUNG IN GLAZE TAIWAN".…

Bowl

2016.024.003a Single-serving rice bowl from Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant, 628 S. Weller St., Seattle. Interior glazed plain white. Exterior shows blue, red, and yellow repeating "thunder" line motif. Underneath are a red dragon, a pheonix, and red,…

Dish, serving

2016.024.002a Large, oval, glazed serving dish from Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant, 628 S. Weller St., Seattle. White glaze with blue borders around rim and center oval. Glaze scratched and worn through in center. Stylized flowers inside the outlined…

Dish, serving

2016.024.001a Oval, glazed ceramic serving dish from Hing Loon Seafood Restaurant, 628 Weller St. White glaze with red border and two seagulls flying over waves. Makers mark shows RED Chinese characters and "MADE IN CHINA" in a diamond. 2016.024.001b…

Sculpture

Part two of a diptych sculpture by Cheryll Leo-Gwin. Wood with acrylic fauch finish paint "from a spray can" (personal communication, May 28, 2016). The two pieces should be installed together, meeting in the middle to form a V. The artist also…

Sculpture

Half of a diptych sculpture by Cheryll Leo-Gwin Steel, porcelain enamel, and plywood depicting from top to bottom: A leg wearing a high heal with eight five-pointed stars A reproduction of a black-and-white photograph of the artist's father's family.…