Chinese jade dragon pendant

An image of Ornament. White tinged with green and brown jade, decorated with a dragon in the Han style. A hole on it suggests it was possibly a dress clasp. Nephrite, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Ornament. White tinged with green and brown jade, decorated with a dragon in the Han style. A hole on it suggests it was possibly a dress clasp. Nephrite, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.55-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 642 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 77.22kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2008:03:05 01:05:45

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19th Century carved Chinese decorated decorative dragons Fitz_AA jade jewellery jewelry nephrite ornament pendant

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