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Chinese jade pendant in archaistic style, with a feline dragon

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An image of Jade pendant. In archaistic style, decorated with a feline dragon in relief. Nephrite, diameter 5.9 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Jade pendant. In archaistic style, decorated with a feline dragon in relief. Nephrite, diameter 5.9 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.14-1947
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/20.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 932 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 644.89kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 20/1
  • Captured: 2008:03:05 01:59:47

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19th Century carved circular creature decorated decoration decorative dragons feline Fitz_AA jade jewellery jewelry mythical mythology nephrite ornament pendant relief round

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