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Button: O.111-1946

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Brown and white jade, with a pairs of interconnected holes on the reverse for attachment. Buttons made of jade have never been found in any excavation

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael 1941, received 1946

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 2.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
1800 - 1899

Materials used in production

Nephrite

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Identification numbers

Accession number: O.111-1946
Primary reference Number: 138613
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 12 August 2015 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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