A pair of Chinese carved jade pigs

An image of A pair of pigs. Green jade with extensively altered surfaces, carved as a rectangular block of jade in the shape of a pig. Features shown in a stylised form. Strong slanting cuts define its back and front limbs, as well as its snout, eyes and tail. Small perforations drilled through the bottom of the snout and the top of its tail. The underside is completely flat and the surface is well polished. Nephrite, height 2.7 cm, length 10.9 cm, width 2.3 cm, 206-220 B.C. Chinese.

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A pair of pigs. Green jade with extensively altered surfaces, carved as a rectangular block of jade in the shape of a pig. Features shown in a stylised form. Strong slanting cuts define its back and front limbs, as well as its snout, eyes and tail. Small perforations drilled through the bottom of the snout and the top of its tail. The underside is completely flat and the surface is well polished. Nephrite, height 2.7 cm, length 10.9 cm, width 2.3 cm, 206-220 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.22A & B-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 683 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 204.82kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2007:11:27 15:03:50

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3rd Century animals BC carved Chinese Fitz_AA jade nephrite ornament pigs swine

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