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Object Number 991-12-60/15139
Display Title Alabaster Oval Dish or Decorative Element with Stone or Glass Decoration
Descriptions
Object Description Oval dish or decorative element, alabaster. Outer side has multicolored stones (glass?) and floral and bird decoration. Broken into two pieces with fragments missing. 11.8 cm. (l) x 7.5 cm. (w) x 1.5 cm. (h).
Inventory Description Ornament, carved stone, convex oval plaque, lotus and bird relief, broken
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 7.8 x 7.5 x 1.3 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 991-12-60/15139
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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