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Finial: O.51-1961

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

finial

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Description

Finial. Ivory. Carved as an ibex like animal being swallowed by an alligator. North-West Persian

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Bequeathed by L C G Clarke, MA, Litt. D., Leckhampton, Cambridge, 1960

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Materials used in production

Ivory

Techniques used in production

Carving

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.51-1961
Primary reference Number: 197557
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 18 December 2013 Updated: Friday 11 September 2015 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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