Production: Unknown
Quartz, chalcedony incised with two horses, with a brown spot used as an eye. The reverse side has calligraphy and the three friends of winter (pine, prunus, and bamboo).
The decoration on this bottle was probably added at a later date.
Reginald Cory Bequest
Height: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Cory, Reginald R.
Qing Dynasty
1760
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1850
Reverse
Accession number: O.22 & A-1936
Primary reference Number: 168851
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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