Chinese carved jadeite double box

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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