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Chinese cylinder with painted scenes
- Title
- Chinese cylinder with painted scenes.
- Format
- Realia
- Published
- 1800-1850.
- Description
- 1 cylinder (2 pieces): ivory, black and red; 5 cm. long x 1 cm. in diam.
- Notes
- 5:6. ISR 4745.
- Summary
- Double cylindrical object, pierced at both ends. Globular handle on inner cylinder. Boating scene on outer piece. Nude copulating couple on inner piece. Drawings in black ink. Traces of red pigment (?) in inner cylinder.
- Kinsey subjects
- Art--China--19th century. Covert in art. Minor arts.