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Maker: Unknown
Burnished black pottery beaker with large open worked handles in the form of bird headed dragons. The body is decorated with wheel made rings and two bands, of zigzag patters, in black slip on a grey ground, at the neck and base. Fine grey biscuit.
History note: Bought Eumorpoulos sale Sotheby’s 28th May 1940 Lot 3.
Oscar C. Raphael Bequest, 1941, received 1946
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 27 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.
Period of the Warring States (481-221 BC)
Circa
-0481
-
-0221
Ground colour
Slip coating
Earthenware
Accession number: OC.4-1946
Primary reference Number: 179596
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: E.GA.1497.1947
Accession Number: GR.47.1982
Accession Number: GR.147h.1907
Accession Number: E.194.1932
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