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Figure: O.1-1948

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

An ivory medicine figure of a nude lady lying down. Her right hand is supporting her head, her left across her breast, the hair tinted black.

Legal notes

Given by Captain Stanley William Sykes

Place(s) associated

  • China ⪼ China

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1948) by Sykes, Stanley William

Materials used in production

Ivory

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.1-1948
Primary reference Number: 201949
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 25 June 2015 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024 Last processed: Saturday 22 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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