IDENTIFIERS
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id:	138832
accession number:	O.83B-1946

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 17 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: One of a pair of white jade tripod cups in the shape of an ancient bronze ritual vessel, jue. The body of the tripod consists of two small capped posts and two intertwined dragons on the rim, a concave upper part that flares outward to the rim, and three legs decorated with geometric clouds patterns. The central part of the body decorated with two panels of dragons and phoenices against a geometric background. Inscribed underneath “Da Qing Qianlong Fang Gu (Great Qing Emperor Qianlong imitation of the antique)”
title:	cup

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Sir Percival David 1924, Purchased by Sir Percival David in 1924 from a bank in Peiping. They were part of the collection from the Forbidden City held in security for a loan made to the last Chinese Emperor. The yellow paper labels read “Eastern Hall No.344” , “No.1 category 600”, “no.1 category jia”, Presented by Sir Percival David, July 1931


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 Oscar Raphael 1941, received 1946

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138832





CATEGORIES
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category: jade
category: vessel

DATING
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creation date:	1736 - 1795
creation date earliest:	1736
creation date latest:	1795
culture:	Ch’ien Lung, 1736-95

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 14.3



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

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surrogate: original
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