I.42
Basketwork Amber

Amber; with a flat lip and flat foot; carved to simulate a vessel in a protective basket trimmed top and bottom with rope, the neck with a band of single-unit leiwen (‘thunder pattern’)
1740-1850
Height: 7.21 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.58/1.96 cm
Stopper: mother-of-pearl; a coral collar

Provenance:
Clare Lawrence