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Maker: Unknown
Pair of beaten silver alloy shears. The handle is a wire spring shaped and the cutters are slightly convex on one side, and flat on the other. Each of the flat sides is decorated with a flying bird and a palmette scroll, and each of the convex sides with confronted palmettes. The pattern is bounded by a narrow plain border and chased on a ground of regular ring matting.
History note: Unknown before testator
Oscar C. Raphael Bequest, 1941, received in 1946
Length: 14.9 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.
T’ang Dynasty (618-906)
Circa
618
CE
-
906
CE
Blades
Accession number: O.229-1946
Primary reference Number: 138331
Oscar Raphael number: 64
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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