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II.82 Ringing ball
Maker: unknown
Place:Chinese
Date:17th cent.
Materials:brass
Dimensions:diameter 50 mm
Current inventory:666
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Seventeenth-century Chinese ball for acoustical experiments. Contains small spheres and produces a different sound from the ball inv. 667, because of the difference in volume. Provenance: Medici collections.

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