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Female figure standing upon a horned tortoise,

Image attached to O.29-1951

An image of Soapstone, carved with a female figure standing upon a horned tortoise and playing a flute. 1700-1800.

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Soapstone, carved with a female figure standing upon a horned tortoise and playing a flute. 1700-1800.

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  • Accession Number: O.29-1951
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 760 pixels
  • Image width: 507 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
  • Filesize: 50.13kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2008:05:08 15:29:00

Key words

18th Century Chinese Fitz_AA Object Type Soapstone Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_PCtd animals female flute full length instruments musical playing sculpture standing tortoise woman

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