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Maker: Unknown
Bronze bell handle, surmounted by a crouching tiger. On a roof shaped base covered with a scroll pattern, possibly conventionalised t'ao t'ieh,
History note: Bought from C. T. Loo, 1920
Oscar C. Raphael Bequest, 1941, received 1946
Height: 5.4 cm
Width: 10.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.
Period of the Warring States (481-221 BC)
Circa
-0481
BCE
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-0221
BCE
Accession number: O.196-1946
Primary reference Number: 138301
Oscar Raphael number: 51
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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