Ball containing eight (?) Smaller balls with geometric openwork patterns, Ball containing eight (?) Smaller balls, cut from one block of ivory. The outer sphere is provided with embossed tendrils. The inner balls are visible through three round holes with different geometric openwork patterns. At the top an eye with a chain with ivory links, Jean Theodore Royer, anonymous, Kanton, c. 1770 - c. 1780, ivory, cutting, d cm

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Ball containing eight (?) Smaller balls with geometric openwork patterns, Ball containing eight (?) Smaller balls, cut from one block of ivory. The outer sphere is provided with embossed tendrils. The inner balls are visible through three round holes with different geometric openwork patterns. At the top an eye with a chain with ivory links, Jean Theodore Royer, anonymous, Kanton, c. 1770 - c. 1780, ivory, cutting, d cm

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