Wood Crate & Three Crate Panels

FIC-B-000454A: Detail of inscription
FIC-B-000454A

Detail of inscription

Name/Title

Wood Crate & Three Crate Panels

Entry/Object ID

FIC-B-000454A-D

Description

Wood crate (A) with a handwritten inscription, which reads, "Gift of Ching Wah Lee". Panel (B) has a stamp on it which reads, "Dried Lychees/ Net wt 30 lbs/ Gross wt 53 lbs/ Packed in Hong Kong" along with Chinese writing. Panel (C) has a stamp which reads, "2/ 30/ Not For Sale" along with Chinese writing. Panel (D) has a stamp which reads, "Sun/ S.F." and handwritten is, "006521" along with Chinese writing.

Context

Ching Wah Lee gifted the crate, and possibly the panels, to CHSA. CHSA published an article about him, titled "Chingwah Lee: San Francisco Chinatown’s renaissance Man" by Atha Fong. Available here: https://www.chsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2011HP_05_Fong.pdf