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Blue cylindrical glass bead with pro Cong, tuberances and inlaid with turquoise. They were used together with other beads made of jade, agate and turquoise, as part of pendants and placed on the chest of the deceased during the Warring States period (447-221 BC)
O.C. Raphael Bequest, 1941
Length: 2.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.
Tang Dynasty (618-907)
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Glass
turqoise Glass
Accession number: OC.137-1946
Primary reference Number: 28067
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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