Water dropper: O.99-1946

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Water dropper

Description

White jade, carved, drilled and engraved as a three-legged animal with the head of a Qilin and body of a tortoise, hollowed out as water dropper

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael 1941, received 1946

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 23.4 cm
Height: 7.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Dating

17th Century#
1600 CE - 1699 CE

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.99-1946
Primary reference Number: 138393
Oscar Raphael: 21
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 16 January 2017

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            University of Cambridge}}

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