Chinese cornelian scabbard chape

An image of Scabbard Chape. Red and white cornelian, undecorated, with two deep holes on the top. Height 5.3 cm, length 5.2 cm, width 2.45 cm, 400-1 B.C. Chinese.

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Scabbard Chape. Red and white cornelian, undecorated, with two deep holes on the top. Height 5.3 cm, length 5.2 cm, width 2.45 cm, 400-1 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.23-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 880 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 535.88kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2007:11:27 13:10:38

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BC carnelian chape Chinese cornelian Fitz_AA scabbard sword guard weapon

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