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Vase: O.242-1936

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Carved and pierced ivory vase. Very thin walls of net like pattern, with what may be Taoist deities, amid trees etc. in relief

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Reginald R. Cory

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Cory, Reginald R.

Materials used in production

Ivory

Techniques used in production

Piercing
Carving
Relief

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.242-1936
Primary reference Number: 201944
Old object number: OC.55-1936
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 25 June 2015 Updated: Thursday 14 July 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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