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Maker: Unknown
Hard-paste porcelain wall pocket, of two figures. Three walled base with the two figures, forming the fourth side. One man has a hollow arm raised (possibly a holder), while the other is an older man with a knobbly staff. Wall modelled
History note: Unknown before testator
Bequeathed by The Rev. A. V. Valentine-Richards
Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 12.7 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
1736
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1795
Accession number: C.58-1933
Primary reference Number: 75575
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Wall pocket" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75575 Accessed: 2023-05-28 21:51:23
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Accession Number: C.691-1928
Accession Number: C.2412B-1928
Accession Number: C.2412A-1928
Accession Number: C.690B-1928
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