Chinese carved jade scabbard slide

An image of Scabbard Slide/Sword fitting. Translucent pale green jade with extensively altered surface. The top is divided into two longitudinal sections, no decoration. Nephrite, height 1.85 cm, length 4.4 cm, width 2.5 cm, 200-1 B.C. Chinese.

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Scabbard Slide/Sword fitting. Translucent pale green jade with extensively altered surface. The top is divided into two longitudinal sections, no decoration. Nephrite, height 1.85 cm, length 4.4 cm, width 2.5 cm, 200-1 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.33-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 717 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 75.65kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2007:11:27 15:15:23

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1st Century 2nd Century BC carved Chinese Fitz_AA jade nephrite scabbard scabbard slide sword guard

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