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Kuan Yin
Unknown
(Maker)
Cream and orange jade figure of Kuan-Yin, with a wooden base
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Mrs M. Sherman
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1981-10-12)
by
Sherman, M., Mrs
Late Ming or Qing
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1700
CE
Circa
1700
CE
-
Circa
1900
CE
Base composed of wood
Accession number: O.2-1981
Primary reference Number: 108048
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/108048 Accessed: 2022-08-11 16:03:22
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