A set of Chinese carved ivory balls

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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