Production: Unknown
Quartz, chalcedony of translucent grey colour with dark brown inclusions carved in relief, with a hawk sitting on rocks watching a pearl on a cloud. The reverse with fish and lotus.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 5.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Qing Dynasty
1760
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1880
Accession number: MAR.O.253 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 168829
Snuff bottle list: M.81
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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