Chinese jade bead or cong

An image of Green jade Cong/tube/bead with altered brown areas due to the application of heat. It was probably produced in the 19th century in the earlier Shang style. Nephrite, height 4.85 cm, diameter 1.65 cm, 1800-1900, Chinese.

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Green jade Cong/tube/bead with altered brown areas due to the application of heat. It was probably produced in the 19th century in the earlier Shang style. Nephrite, height 4.85 cm, diameter 1.65 cm, 1800-1900, Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.46-1946
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: 606 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 351.98kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:02:17 00:54:53

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19th Century bead Chinese cong decorated decoration drilled Fitz_AA jade nephrite tube

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