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Puzzle Ball with Stand and Pick

1800

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Puzzle Ball with Stand and Pick

1800

Physical Qualities Ivory, Ball (a) 6.9 cm. Diam.; stand (b) 15.5 cm H.
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Paul H. Miller
Object Number 1944.153
Carved nested balls, high stand, pick. The outer ball is decorated with deeply carved flowers surrounding nine circular openings; the inner balls with geometric patterns.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1944; Mrs. Paul Miller
BMA, "Diamonds in the Rough: Seldom Seen Objects from the BMA's Collection," June 20-August 13, 1989.

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