Production: Unknown
Ivory carved both back and front with circular panels of butterflies flying amidst peony blossoms, the sides with formalised decoration and the neck and foot with lappets.
Reginald Cory Bequest
Height: 6.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Cory, Reginald R.
19th Century-20th Century#
1850
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1935
Accession number: O.53 & A-1936
Primary reference Number: 168668
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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