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Object Type
Museum number: 2018,3005.312
Description: Carved ivory wrist rest with an incised design of scholars drinking around table, attended by the servants and a long inscription of Li Bai's poem 'Preface to the Feast by Night in the Garden of Peaches and Plums'. Both the poem and the scene were rubbed with red ink.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1888
Production place: Made in: China
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 22.40 centimetres; Width: 5 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Kerr, Allen & Shih 2016. / Chinese Ivory Carvings: The Sir Victor Sassoon Collection (p.181); Clunas, Fawcett, Gillman & Watt 1984 / Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing (pp.142-3, pl.157)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2018
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2018,3005.312
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: T045 (Sassoon number)

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