Period:Unknown Production date:Late 19th century
Materials:pottery
Technique:
Dimensions:Height: 1.10 centimetres (lid d) Height: 2.60 centimetres (vessel c) Weight: 9 grammes (lid d) Weight: 41 grammes (vessel c) Width: 6.30 centimetres (lid d) Width: 7.30 centimetres (vessel c) Depth: 3.20 centimetres (lid d) Depth: 4 centimetres (vessel c)
Description:
Small lidded container made of pottery, for holding defeated crickets after fight.
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![图片[1]-vessel; cricket-cage(?); lid BM-As1896-0319.4.c-d-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01385527_001.jpg)
Comments:Label: ‘Small pottery container for vanquished crickets to retire after fight.’ Registration slip: ‘Presented by Dr. W.G.K. Barnes, R.N. 3rd March 1896. China. Circular vessel of grey pottery with flat circular lid and flat bottom. In it is a small box of the same pottery one side of which is convex so as to follow the side of the larger box: it has an arched opening at each end and a detachable lid with a button-like knob on the top. On the lid of the large box is engraved or stamped a female figure with a stag walking near a tree, while beneath it is another solitary human figure. The lid of the smaller box is also ornamented. For fighting crickets: seized at Woo-hoo.’See also: As1896,0319.3 and As1896,0319.4.a-b.
Materials:pottery
Technique:
Dimensions:Height: 1.10 centimetres (lid d) Height: 2.60 centimetres (vessel c) Weight: 9 grammes (lid d) Weight: 41 grammes (vessel c) Width: 6.30 centimetres (lid d) Width: 7.30 centimetres (vessel c) Depth: 3.20 centimetres (lid d) Depth: 4 centimetres (vessel c)
Description:
Small lidded container made of pottery, for holding defeated crickets after fight.
IMG
Comments:Label: ‘Small pottery container for vanquished crickets to retire after fight.’ Registration slip: ‘Presented by Dr. W.G.K. Barnes, R.N. 3rd March 1896. China. Circular vessel of grey pottery with flat circular lid and flat bottom. In it is a small box of the same pottery one side of which is convex so as to follow the side of the larger box: it has an arched opening at each end and a detachable lid with a button-like knob on the top. On the lid of the large box is engraved or stamped a female figure with a stag walking near a tree, while beneath it is another solitary human figure. The lid of the smaller box is also ornamented. For fighting crickets: seized at Woo-hoo.’See also: As1896,0319.3 and As1896,0319.4.a-b.
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