IDENTIFIERS
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id:	193215
accession number:	O.2.3 & A-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Wednesday 6 February 2013
updated:	Thursday 26 November 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver, pear shaped with a cast bamboo spout and a bamboo handle that is inserted with ivory.  The raised cover (A) that has a cast leaf and fruit finial is hinged. The pear shaped body is divided into six panels each embossed with a four-claw dragon. In the middle part of the dragon of the second panel from the handle is a shield shaped medallion incised with ‘B’. In the middle of the base impressed with ‘Jien Ji建記’ mark and the pattern number 85.
title:	tea pot

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before seller


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Purchased from Michael Backman with Dr. Roy Hull Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/193215





CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1880 - 1880
creation date earliest:	1880
creation date latest:	1880

CREATORS
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maker: Jien Ji