Chinese jade pendant carved with a crouching tiger

An image of Ornament/Pendant. Translucent brownish green jade with altered areas, carved in an arch shape and decorated with a crouching tiger. Perforations drilled at both ends. Nephrite, length 6.1 cm, width 1.6 cm, 105 BC to 771 AD, Chinese.

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Ornament/Pendant. Translucent brownish green jade with altered areas, carved in an arch shape and decorated with a crouching tiger. Perforations drilled at both ends. Nephrite, length 6.1 cm, width 1.6 cm, 105 BC to 771 AD, Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.40-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 716 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 68.93kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2007:11:27 12:58:49

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animal animals BC carved crouching decorated decoration decorative Fitz_AA green jade jewellery jewelry nephrite ornament pendant tigers

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