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Filigree box
Filigree box

Filigree box

Label TextFiligree is ornamental metalwork made with tiny beads and twisted threads, usually of gold and silver, which are soldered together in artistic motifs and applied to objects.
Object number33.1764
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, November 3, 2012 - December 8, 2013 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions4 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 (11.7 x 10.5 x 10.5cm)
MediumGold, silver, enamel
Covered box
Chinese
1736-1795
Object number: 67.128
Circular box
Tibetan
ca. 1801-1900
Object number: 65.100
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Iranian
12th century
Object number: 61.24.1
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Iranian
12th century
Object number: 61.24.2
Gourd cricket cage with enameled cover
Chinese
Object number: 33.1079
Chinese
first half 19th century
Object number: 91.83.1
Chinese
first half 19th century
Object number: 91.83.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chinese
7th–8th century
Object number: 49.95
Chinese
7th - 8th century
Object number: 50.97
Photo: Susan Cole
Chinese
19th century
Object number: 2007.42
Chinese
ca. 1850 -1865
Object number: 89.176