Production: Unknown
Coral carved in the form of a double-gourd, with smaller gourds, leaving tendrils, a monkey and an insect in relief.
This was probably originally a pendant or amulet, later converted for use as a snuff bottle.
Cecil E. Byas Bequest
Height: 4.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Byas, Cecil E.
Qing Dynasty
1780
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1880
Accession number: O.32.25-1938
Primary reference Number: 168697
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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