Sphere
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory
Measurements
50 mm (Diameter)20 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303844.5
Summary
One of a set of seven ivory spheres (puzzle balls) from China in diminishing sizes - the largest being (a) and the smallest being (g). Carved with floral motifs, dragons and with the inner spheres pierced by circles and geometric designs. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.