Chinese jade water dropper in the shape of a phoenix

An image of Water dropper. Pale grey jade water dropper in the shape of a cup. The spout is designed as a head of phoenix with a perforation. The main body of this cup is designed as a bird’s wings and the base as bird’s feet. Nephrite, height 5.1 cm, width 10.2 cm, 1750-1800. Chinese.

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Water dropper. Pale grey jade water dropper in the shape of a cup. The spout is designed as a head of phoenix with a perforation. The main body of this cup is designed as a bird’s wings and the base as bird’s feet. Nephrite, height 5.1 cm, width 10.2 cm, 1750-1800. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.10-1938
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
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: 344.38kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2008:05:14 14:42:42

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18th Century birds carved cup Fitz_AA green handled jade nephrite phoenix spout water dropper winged wings

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