Pair of Chinese jade spittoons or zhadou

An image of Spittoon/Zhadou. White jade with brown areas on the rim, softly polish, well hollowed with the straight sides flaring out from the flat base before stepping sharply in at the shoulder and flaring out again to the wide trumpet mouth. Nephrite, height 8.5 cm, diameter, mouth, 8.5 cm, 1700-1800, Chinese.

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Spittoon/Zhadou. White jade with brown areas on the rim, softly polish, well hollowed with the straight sides flaring out from the flat base before stepping sharply in at the shoulder and flaring out again to the wide trumpet mouth. Nephrite, height 8.5 cm, diameter, mouth, 8.5 cm, 1700-1800, Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.19 A & B-1938
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: 683 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 336.73kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2007:12:28 18:18:19

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18th Century box Chinese container Fitz_AA green jade nephrite pair receptacle spittoon zhadou

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