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Collections

Kai Chan
'Mountains and Seas' Brooch1997

Not on view
Carved wood relief sculpture with a zigzag silhouette, painted in two horizontal bands of cracked crimson red and navy blue, with four carved five-pointed stars in the blue lower section
Reverse of a carved wooden brooch with zigzag upper and lower edges painted red and black; cream-toned wood grain visible; metal pin clasp across center; handwritten inscription reads "Mountains & Seas" and "KAI CHAN '91."

Kai Chan, 'Mountains and Seas' Brooch, 1997, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kai Chan
China, active Canada, born 1940
Title
'Mountains and Seas' Brooch
Place Made
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Date Made
1997
Medium
Balsa, watercolor
Dimensions
2 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in. (6.99 × 12.07 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.43
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers and Bobbye Tigerman. Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.
Copyright
© Kai Chan