Glass specimen jar

Made:: 1880-1935

Glass specimen jar, containing peng sha borax, probably Chinese

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A674169

Materials:: glass, clear

type:: specimen jars

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Glass specimen jar

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