Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC(mid)
Materials:skin
Technique:sewn, painted,
Dimensions:Height: 11.30 centimetres Weight: 142 grammes Width: 13 centimetres Depth: 25.60 centimetres
Description:
Hide shoe, painted with the Chinese character ‘bian’, meaning convenient. Probably used as a sign for a shoe shop.
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![图片[1]-shoe; shop-sign BM-2009-3008.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00838595_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-shoe; shop-sign BM-2009-3008.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00838596_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-shoe; shop-sign BM-2009-3008.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_01381222_001.jpg)
Comments:The Department of Coins and Medals holds Chinese insignia awarded to Frank Arthur Morgan during his time in China. There is also a cloak collected by Morgan in the Asian ethnographic collection (As1992,14.1) and it is likely that this shoe was collected on the same visit to Manchuria during the 1890s. The shoe was most likely used as a sign for a cobbler’s shop, and shows the diversity of shop advertisements in China in the 1890s. (A Komlosy, Apr 2010)
Materials:skin
Technique:sewn, painted,
Dimensions:Height: 11.30 centimetres Weight: 142 grammes Width: 13 centimetres Depth: 25.60 centimetres
Description:
Hide shoe, painted with the Chinese character ‘bian’, meaning convenient. Probably used as a sign for a shoe shop.
IMG
Comments:The Department of Coins and Medals holds Chinese insignia awarded to Frank Arthur Morgan during his time in China. There is also a cloak collected by Morgan in the Asian ethnographic collection (As1992,14.1) and it is likely that this shoe was collected on the same visit to Manchuria during the 1890s. The shoe was most likely used as a sign for a cobbler’s shop, and shows the diversity of shop advertisements in China in the 1890s. (A Komlosy, Apr 2010)
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