Jade And Ivory Collection Collection Of Ornate Carved Pieces Of Jade And Ivory Is Presented To The Camera Footage

JADE AND IVORY COLLECTION Collection of ornate carved pieces of jade and ivory is presented to the camera.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	6010
	Catalog #:	36566
	Clip Number:	36566-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 103
	Timecode:	01:02:27 - 01:04:54
	Location:	Edgbaston, Birmingham.
	Year Shot:	1956 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	ART: Figurines HOBBIES: Collecting LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England
	Description:	JADE AND IVORY COLLECTION Collection of ornate carved pieces of jade and ivory is presented to the camera. Edgbaston, Birmingham. MS Mr.George Cohen as he sits at his desk upon which are a collection of jade and ivory. He is looking at a book and picks up one of the models. CU Mr.Cohen's hands as he examines the model which is Chinese. CU Mr.Cohen CU Mr.Cohen's hands as he replaces model on table. The model is God of Good Fortune with other symbolic figures. MS Cohen at table. His wife comes in and he gives her a model which she examines. CU Mrs.Cohen examining model which is a Japanese figure. BCU Japanese figure which appears to be a fisherman. CU Model portraying two boys playing draughts. BCU Hand comes in to picture and takes model it is a man seated at table it is Netsukes - ornamental pieces which are worn on a sash around the waist. C/U of his wife Betty holding one of the Netsukes and admiring it. C/U of various small intricately carved pieces, some of which represent subjects from Japanese mythology. Extreme C/U of a small shell held between Betty's fingers, as she turns the shell towards the camera we see a tiny carving inside the shell. CU God of Good Fortune also model of rabbit. MS Mrs.Cohen. Mr.Cohen sits by her hands her a box from which she takes statuette and starts to put it on table. CU Statuette on table. MS Mr. and Mrs.Cohen at table. CU Mr.Cohen as he takes lid off ornamental jar. CU Mr.Cohen. CU Model of group of people which revolves slowly. BCU Portraying two rats on wine vat. BCU Ornamental model with monkeys on it. Group of figures (MS ) CU Child at foot of woman pan to show woman's face. CU Ornate model of men and women. Narrator tells the viewer some of the history of jade, recounting a Chinese proverb and Mexican superstition. Powdered jade is sometimes used as a medicine.