Chinese famille rose vase with butterflies

An image of Vase. Unknown Maker. Famille rose decorated with one hundred butterflies that represent 'luck'. Porcelain, 1900-1925. Chinese.

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Vase. Unknown Maker. Famille rose decorated with one hundred butterflies that represent 'luck'. Porcelain, 1900-1925. Chinese.

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Accession Number: C.739-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 719 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 326.17kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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20th Century butterflies butterfly ceramics Chinese famille rose Fitz_AA insects luck painted porcelain studio ceramics vase white

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