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Snuff bottle: MAR.O.289 & A-1912

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Quartz, dark grey crystal with white inclusions carved with five monkeys, the reverse with pine trees and birds in flight.

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Qing Dynasty
1780 - 1880

Materials used in production

Quartz

Techniques used in production

Carving

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.O.289 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 168783
Snuff bottle list: M.121

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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