Chinese jade inscribed cong

An image of Bead, tubular shape. White jade, eight sided tubular bead with very fine inscriptions on each side of the Cong, tube. Nephrite, height 6.2 cm, diameter 1.6 cm, 1850-1900. Chinese.

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Bead, tubular shape. White jade, eight sided tubular bead with very fine inscriptions on each side of the Cong, tube. Nephrite, height 6.2 cm, diameter 1.6 cm, 1850-1900. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.80-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 494 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 293.93kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:03:04 15:10:55

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19th Century AD bead carved Chinese cong Fitz_AA inscribed inscriptions jade nephrite octagonal texts tube tubular writing

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