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Water pot of yellow chalcedony, in the form of a phoenix carrying a lingzhi fungus in its beak
Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael 1941, received 1946
Height: 3.7 cm
Length: 9.3 cm
Width: 7.6 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: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
1750 - 1800
Accession number: O.98-1946
Primary reference Number: 138839
Oscar Raphael: 58
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Water pot" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138839 Accessed: 2023-05-30 10:10:06
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