Chinese black jade ring

An image of Black jade ring with plain surface. Nephrite, 2000-1700 B.C. Chinese. Notes: Said to be from a palace door, but probably used as a pole ring on a sedan chair.

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Black jade ring with plain surface. Nephrite, 2000-1700 B.C. Chinese. Notes: Said to be from a palace door, but probably used as a pole ring on a sedan chair.

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Accession Number: O.100-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 914 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 457.47kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2008:03:05 02:08:20

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BC Chinese circular decorated decoration decorative Fitz_AA jade jewellery jewelry nephrite ornament rings round

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