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Chinese carved jadeite double box

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An image of Vessel/Double Box. Pale green jadeite with splashes of apple-green, carved as a double box and lid. The lid decorated with three loose rings, the main body with three banana leaves between three loose ring handles, and the lower part with floral motifs. Jadeite, height 10.5 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Vessel/Double Box. Pale green jadeite with splashes of apple-green, carved as a double box and lid. The lid decorated with three loose rings, the main body with three banana leaves between three loose ring handles, and the lower part with floral motifs. Jadeite, height 10.5 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.12 & A-1934
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/29.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 619 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 350.94kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 29/1
  • Captured: 2007:12:27 23:14:53

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19th Century box carved Chinese container Fitz_AA green handled jade jadeite lidded receptacle vessel

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