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Chinese vase decorated with flowering scrolls

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An image of Vase. With flowering scrolls. Hard paste porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue, height 27.4 cm, Late 15th or early 16th century. Chinese. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

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Vase. With flowering scrolls. Hard paste porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue, height 27.4 cm, Late 15th or early 16th century. Chinese. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

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  • Accession Number: C.10-1968
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 764 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 486.02kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2012:10:17 14:25:02

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15th Century 16th Century blue and white ceramics Chinese Fitz_AA floral flowers glazed hard-paste porcelain Ming Dynasty porcelain scrolls studio ceramics underglaze vase

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