Carved carnelian bowl

Carnelian is a transluscent yellow to orange variety of chalcedony (micro-crystalline quartz). This bowl was once the property of Sir Hans Sloane.

Size: 2567px × 1955px
Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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