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Chinese jade pendant carved as an elongated fish

Image attached to O.9-1946

An image of Ornament. Greyish green jade with altered areas, carved in the shape of an elongated fish with bifurcated tail. The eyes, gills and dorsal fin are represented by grooves. A perforation is drilled near the mouth. Nephrite, length 11.5 cm, width 1.4 cm, 1050-771 B.C.

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Ornament. Greyish green jade with altered areas, carved in the shape of an elongated fish with bifurcated tail. The eyes, gills and dorsal fin are represented by grooves. A perforation is drilled near the mouth. Nephrite, length 11.5 cm, width 1.4 cm, 1050-771 B.C.

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  • Accession Number: O.9-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/29.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 409 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 102.96kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 29/1
  • Captured: 2007:11:17 12:07:29

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BC Chinese decorated decoration decorative elongated fish Fitz_AA jade jewellery jewelry nephrite ornament pendant

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