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Light brown ceramic jar with a spout and a series of loops around the neck through which a cord could be threaded to secure a cover.
Taiwanese
Oil Container
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.40

Taiwanese
Longevity Spirit Money, from Taiwan (2 prints)
20th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.41.2A
Woodblock print with red floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character ("longevity") in the middle with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center. Swath of orange paint and imitation gold foil in the middle.
Taiwanese
Longevity spirit money from Taiwan
20th century
Gift of Ellen Johnston Laing
2008/1.171

Chinese;Taiwanese (Chinese (culture or style))
Butterfly Cake Box
1925 – 1975
Gift of Ellen Johnston Laing
2018/2.36
Blue-and-white plate with abstract design of flowering plants on the surface and outside of the plate.
Taiwanese
Blue-and-White Plate with abstract design of flowering plants
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.55
Black ceramic jar with a spout and a series of loops around the neck through which a cord could be threaded to secure a cover; decorated around the middle with a geometric pattern and striations.
Taiwanese
Oil Container
20th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.39
Wooden block painted cinnabar red with a carved floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle (“longevity”) with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center.<br />
Taiwanese
Block for Printing "Longevity" Spirit Money, from Taiwan
1967 – 1999
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.41.1
Wooden block painted cinnabar red with a carved floral design framing an inner square that contains characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the upper center.
Taiwanese
Wooden Block for Printing Currency for Funerary Rites
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.42
Plaque in the form of a snarling lion's face holding a double-edged "severn star" (here only three of the seven stars are depicted as large dots connected by lines) sword in its mouth and ornamented with a red octagon containing the characters for "daqi" surrounded by eight trigrams on its forehead.
Taiwanese
Protective Amulet
20th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.44
Block print with red ink and white space. There is a floral border and in the center of it is one large Chinese character and other smaller characters around it. Two coins are on each side of the large center Chinese character.&nbsp;
Taiwanese
Longevity Spirit Money, from Taiwan (2 prints)
20th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.41.2B
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