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Winter Cricket Cage

slightly waisted six part secondary molded gourd with a slightly pointed bottom, used as a cricket carrier or cage; tortoiseshell bulging lid is intricately decorated with prunus blossom and has moving parts of phoenixes with inlaid eyes; main body of the gourd is decorated with a cellular design, containing stylised shou characters, with a border along the bottom of rui heads

Date
1820-1850
In our collection
since May the 26th, 2014 up to now
Dimensions
6 7/16 x 2 7/8 in. (16.4 x 7.3 cm)
Location
G217
Medium
Gourd, tortoise shell, hungmu
Price
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Composition
copper50%
atium15%
oxygen30%
iron3%
cadmium2%