IDENTIFIERS
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id:	138382
accession number:	O.8-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 27 March 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Pale green jade with areas of brownish skin. The creature has a square open jaw displaying teeth and fangs. Wings extend from the four legs and the horn is incised with the Chinese character wang, king. A hole was drilled in the middle of its back and a jade Cong, tube with a lid was installed, function unknown. Wing-like extensions in relief incised on the underside. More unusual is the presence genital features, which are also incised with low relief
title:	water dropper

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before testator


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Cecil E Byas

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138382





TECHNIQUES
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incising
TECHNIQUES
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bas-relief

CATEGORIES
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category: jade

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 7.6

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 12.7



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	The Immortal Stone--Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the twentieth century
title:	The Immortal Stone--Chinese Jades from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century
CITATIONS
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The Immortal Stone--Chinese Jades from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century
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