Chinese jade bowl carved with a floral design

An image of Two handled bowl. Pale celadon jade, carved in relief in the centre of the interior with a medallion of lotus flowers with a long ribbed leaf and the exterior with peonies. The central floral design was possibly influenced by Moghul objects. A pair of loop handles formed by moths to the rim bearing loose rings. Nephrite, height, 5, cm, length, 20.7, cm, diameter, 15.1, cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Two handled bowl. Pale celadon jade, carved in relief in the centre of the interior with a medallion of lotus flowers with a long ribbed leaf and the exterior with peonies. The central floral design was possibly influenced by Moghul objects. A pair of loop handles formed by moths to the rim bearing loose rings. Nephrite, height, 5, cm, length, 20.7, cm, diameter, 15.1, cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.4-1934
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
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: 384.54kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2008:05:15 11:48:28

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19th Century bowl carved Chinese Fitz_AA floral flowers green handled jade lotus lotus flower nephrite

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