Chinese jade vase carved with a dragon in relief

An image of Vase. Pale greenish white jade, decorated with a dragon in relief around the neck, and square sectioned foot. A monster’s face in the middle of a band below the neck and a band of chrysanthemum petals above the foot. The domed cover surmounted by a pearl finial. Nephrite, height 15.8 cm, 1750-1900. Chinese.

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Vase. Pale greenish white jade, decorated with a dragon in relief around the neck, and square sectioned foot. A monster’s face in the middle of a band below the neck and a band of chrysanthemum petals above the foot. The domed cover surmounted by a pearl finial. Nephrite, height 15.8 cm, 1750-1900. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.17-1938
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 559 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 259.51kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2007:12:06 20:30:07

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18th Century 19th Century carved Chinese chrysanthemum creature dragons finial Fitz_AA floral flowers green jade lidded monster mythical mythology nephrite relief vase

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