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Alabaster Bowl
Object Number 991-12-60/15129
Display Title Alabaster Bowl
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Alabaster bowl. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 15.3 cm. (diameter) x 6 cm. ( h).
Inventory Description Bowl, carved stone, quartz?, yellow tan color, banded formation, slightly flared
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Quartz?, Alabaster
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 15.5 x 15.5 cm (2 3/8 x 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15129
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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