Sphere
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory, Silk
Measurements
560 mm (Length); 90 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339617
Summary
Ivory sphere, ball of life, with many pierced and concentric shells, pierced and elaborate fret designs, outer shell carved with figures, trees, temples, and pavillions. At the top a gourd and floral designs hanging by an ivory chain with fish-shaped hook. Silk tassle with ivory fish finial below. Chinese.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.