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Embroidered scrolls

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 4762

Scope and content

The four scrolls are embroidery of the texts. As identified on the box and tag, they were done by a Chinese girl, Wang Yucheng, in 1924.

Dates

  • 1924.

Creator

Language of Material

In Chinese.

Biographical / Historical

When the first emperor of China, Qin shi huang, conquered and unified China circa 221 B.C.E., he paid a tribute to the holy mountain, Tai Shan in Shandong Sheng, and had a stone monument erected on top of the mountain to commemorate his great accomplishment. The text was written by his prime minister, the creator of the small seal script.

Extent

4 items. (4 items. 32 x 125 cm.)

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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