Piece of ornamental metalwork wreath of leaves with sunflowers and birds, part of building or shrine

Made:: 1801-1900 in China and Japan

Piece of cast ornamental metalwork wreath of leaves with three

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Piece of cast ornamental metalwork wreath of leaves with three sunflowers and three birds, probably part of a building or shrine, Chinese or Japanese, probably 1801-1900

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A652340

Materials:: bronze and complete

Measurements:: overall: 232 mm x 180 mm x 30 mm,

type:: metalwork

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Piece of ornamental metalwork wreath of leaves with sunflowers and birds, part of building or shrine

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