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Chalcedony vase and cover, carved with three feline dragons surrounding the vase in high relief and another one on the lid
Mrs May Cippico in accordance with the wishes of Mrs Constance Goetze
Height: 13.7 cm
Width: 8.3 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 (1951) by Cippico, May, Mrs
1800 - 1900
Accession number: O.19 & A-1951
Primary reference Number: 138778
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Vase" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138778 Accessed: 2023-02-09 07:03:41
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Accession Number: C.1-1934
Accession Number: C.2-1934
Accession Number: C.3-1934
Accession Number: C.17.3 & A-1948
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