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A set of Chinese carved ivory balls

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An image of Balls. Ivory, carved with numerous figures and richly carved end pieces with a coral tassel. Chinese, mid 19th Century.

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Balls. Ivory, carved with numerous figures and richly carved end pieces with a coral tassel. Chinese, mid 19th Century.

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  • Accession Number: O.1-2015
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 628 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 163.50kB
  • Exposure time: 1/20
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2015:03:30 11:38:51

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