IDENTIFIERS
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id:	138738
accession number:	ML.8 & A-1992

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 12 May 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Greyish green jade square box for seal ink, with incised decoration. The sides curve inwards to the base, which is smaller than the top. There are narrow bands of key pattern round the top of the lower part and the sides of the cover. The top of which is decorated with waves, a monster's head, clouds, and in the top right corner, an inscription.

Perforated strip label inscribed 'Malcolm'
title:	box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Major General Sir Neill Malcolm purchased the box for £1 in the Peking Jade Market, in 1896


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: Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm)

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138738





TECHNIQUES
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incising

CATEGORIES
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category: jade
category: box

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1896
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1896
culture:	Qing Dynasty
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.8

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 4.1

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 4