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Chinese two-handled baluster vase

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An image of Two-handled baluster vase. Square section hard-paste porcelain two-handled baluster vase. Decorated underglaze in blue and copper red, with dragon and phoenix. Chia-ching seal script mark and period. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze colour, height 29.2 cm. Jiaqing Period (1796-1820). Chinese.

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Two-handled baluster vase. Square section hard-paste porcelain two-handled baluster vase. Decorated underglaze in blue and copper red, with dragon and phoenix. Chia-ching seal script mark and period. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze colour, height 29.2 cm. Jiaqing Period (1796-1820). Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: C.19-1978
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 749 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 502.32kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2012:10:25 10:18:46

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18th Century 19th Century baluster vase blue Chia Ching Period Chinese dragons Fitz_AA floral flowers foliage foliate glazed hard-paste porcelain Jiaqing Period phenix phoenix porcelain red underglaze vase

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