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Carving: O.55-1961

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Green jade with areas altered to brown, carved in the form of a seated humanoid figure with a human head on which is an elaborated animal-form head-dress and two nub-like ears. The face is distinguished by prominent arch-shaped eyebrows joined in the middle of the forehead, two tear-shaped eyes and an elongated, pyramidal nose

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

L.C.G. Clarke Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.2 cm
Width: 5.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

-3500 BCE - -2500 BCE

Materials used in production

Nephrite

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Identification numbers

Accession number: O.55-1961
Primary reference Number: 138359
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 3 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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