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1. Chinese Bowl with Tray & Lid - Bowl, Serving

   Chinese Bowl with Tray & Lid. Low round bowl (A) made of plastic to look like lacquer. Gold on rim and outside, black on inside and bottom. Rim of bowl has 5 overlapping petals to look like a (lotus?) flower. Slightly tapered sides to the bottom. Bottom meets sides at a right angle. Sides are ribbed on the outside. Bottom has a small foot. Bottom has a small diamond-shaped sticker with a scalloped edge in gold with a black border and black letter...

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2. Chinese Decorative Firecrackers, 2019 - Hanging, Wall

   Chinese Decorative Firecrackers, 2019. Object is a hanging string of tube-shaped fire crackers tied to an octagonal box with red cord. The octagonal box is 1" thick and 3.75" wide with plain red sides covered in a velvet-like stiff fabric. The front and back (octagonal sides) are covered in the same velvet fabric (separated from the sides by a single visible seam) decorated with a Greek key border in gold, Chinese writing in gold running diagonal...

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3. Chinese Good Luck Sign, 2019 - Sign

   Chinese Good Luck Sign, 2019. Red sign printed on cardstock with embossed gold and black writing and black stamps. Card is portrait oriented. Card is printed on both sides with a red background - on the front side it has a very faint black cloud and dragon design. Down the center of the front is text in Chinese embossed from the the reverse and colored in gold. On the bottom of the card are three more blocks of embossed text running horizontally,...

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Chinese Red Paper Lantern, 2019 - Lantern, Paper

   Chinese Red Paper Lantern, 2019. Squat globe-shaped paper lantern, open at top and bottom, and held up by interior metal frame. Lantern is made of stiff red fabric to look like paper, pasted to a metal coil and held in shape by a metal wire rectangular frame, with a hook on the top for hanging and a yellow tassel on the bottom. The top and bottom rim protrude .5" and are each covered with a strip of metallic gold ribbon. The outside is separated...

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Chinese Red Table Runner, 2019 - Runner, Table

   Chinese Red Table Runner, 2019. Table runner with pointed ends and tassels, made of three red fabrics with gold details. Underside of runner is a plain, shiny red polyester. Presentation side is two fabrics. Two 3.5" wide borders running the length of the runner are made of a thick matte red brocade with a glossy gold geometric pattern. A 7.25" wide center panel through the length of the runner is a slightly glossy red brocade with gold details ...

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Chinese Zodiac Wall Hanging, c. 2000 - Hanging, Wall

   Chinese Zodiac Wall Hanging, c. 2000. Hanging string of 12 Chinese Zodiac stuffed animals on cord with tassels. Braided red cord tied into a flat decorative knot of 2" x 3" with a light orange accent cord woven through, underneath a loop of the red cord for hanging. The animals hang down from this cord, separated by 1" of red cord with a .5" decorative round knot in yellow cord with a gold stripe in between them. The animals from top to bottom: r...

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7. Red Chinese Envelopes, c. late 1930s-1940s - Envelope, Money

   Chinese Red Envelopes, 1930s-1940s. Red paper envelopes in two sizes. Two envelopes (1-2) in smaller size. Printed on front in gold with image of carp in a pond under a twig and leaves with Chinese characters and a double border surrounding the image. The flap of the envelope is unbent and printed with the words "MADE IN HONG KONG" oriented 180 degrees from the image. The inside of the envelope and the exposed underside of the flap are white, wit...

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Red Chinese New Year's Envelopes, c. 1960s - Envelope, Money

   Chinese Red Envelopes, 1960s. 9 red paper envelopes, used to gift coins during Chinese New Year. Item 1: Smallest size. Made of textured paper. Image printed on front in gold, portrait oriented. At the top is a large diamond surrounding a Chinese character. Below the diamond are three men in flowing robes with long beards. The man in the center wears a large headdress and holds up a sword. The man on the left is old with a bald head and carr...

   Record Type: Object