Translucent jade bowl, Qianlong Dynasty

An image of One of a pair of translucent jade bowls of milky white colour. Each of deep round form rising from a neatly finished straight footring. Although the bowls are unmarked, the quality of the jade, their shape and highly polished surfaces, as well as the surviving label with these bowls, indicate that they may have formed part of the imperial collection during Emperor Qianlong’s reign. Height 7.4 cm, diameter 16 cm, 1736-1795 AD. See object record O.79 A & B-1946.

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One of a pair of translucent jade bowls of milky white colour. Each of deep round form rising from a neatly finished straight footring. Although the bowls are unmarked, the quality of the jade, their shape and highly polished surfaces, as well as the surviving label with these bowls, indicate that they may have formed part of the imperial collection during Emperor Qianlong’s reign. Height 7.4 cm, diameter 16 cm, 1736-1795 AD. See object record O.79 A & B-1946.

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Accession Number: O.79 A & B-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 135
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 732 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 338.75kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2007:03:17 01:04:56

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18th Century AD bowl Chinese Fitz_AA green jade pale green Qianlong Dynasty translucent

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