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Chinese porcelain brush pot with a river scene

Image attached to C.97-1961

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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