Chinese porcelain brush pot with a river scene

An image of Brush pot. Production Place: China. Painted with a river scene. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze, height, whole, 15.3 cm, diameter, 16.3 cm. Kangxi Period (1662-1722).

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Brush pot. Production Place: China. Painted with a river scene. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze, height, whole, 15.3 cm, diameter, 16.3 cm. Kangxi Period (1662-1722).

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Accession Number: C.97-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 926 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 514.50kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2012:11:16 16:12:13

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17th Century 18th Century blue blue and white boats brush holder brush pot brush-rest brushpot Chinese Fitz_AA glazed hard-paste porcelain K'ang Hsi Kangxi porcelain pot river river boats underglaze

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