Cricket cage lid with insects and plants

Details

• Title

  Cricket cage lid with insects and plants

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  probably 18th century (1701 - 1800)

• Material and technique

  tortoiseshell, with carved decoration; ivory rim

• Material index

  organic › animal › carapace › tortoise carapace › tortoise-shell;

  organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  animal equipment › cage › insect-cage › cricket-cage

• Dimensions

  3.5 cm (height)
  6.3 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of Mrs H. B. Holt and the Eric North Bequest Fund, 1981.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1981.13.b

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