Production: Unknown
Quartz, chalcedony of grey colour with dark brown inclusions, carved to form the design of two swallows flying above shrubs.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 5.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Qing Dynasty
1760
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1880
Accession number: MAR.O.179 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 168803
Snuff bottle list: M.2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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