Barber's shaving bowl

Made:
1701-1850
SMG00261782

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Barber's shaving bowl, hard paste, porcelain, floral decoration, Chinese, 1701-1850

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A116365
Materials:
porcelain (hard paste)
Measurements:
length 313 mm
width 254 mm
height 75 mm
type:
shaving bowls
credit:
Hurcomb

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