Chinese jade pendant carved as a fish

An image of Ornament. Fish pendant. Pale green jade with areas altered to white, carved in the shape of fish with pointed head and tail. A perforation at the mouth is now damaged. Traces of cinnabar. Nephrite, length, 4.4, cm, width, 0.8, cm, 1050-771 B.C. Chinese.

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Ornament. Fish pendant. Pale green jade with areas altered to white, carved in the shape of fish with pointed head and tail. A perforation at the mouth is now damaged. Traces of cinnabar. Nephrite, length, 4.4, cm, width, 0.8, cm, 1050-771 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.5-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 433 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 48.09kB
Exposure time: 1/10
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2007:11:17 16:33:07

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BC carved Chinese decorated decoration decorative fish Fitz_AA green jade jewellery jewelry nephrite ornament pendant

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