Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tong Fu
Object Number:
2007.6.259
Date:
ca. 1960-1980
Medium:
Cardboard, ink, staple and striker
Dimensions:
2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in (5.4 x 4.8 cm)
Description:
Cream cardboard matchbook with front striker; white abstract pattern all over; gold silhouette of a seated figure holding a flower and a monkey and wearing an exotic headdress behind "TONG FU/RESTAURANT & BAR" in gold on the front; "TF" in cream in a white circle in the middle of white abstract patterns on reverse; white interior with "6-7-11 Roppongi Minato-ku Tokyo/Tel.403 3527" in black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joshua Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
