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Chinese jadeite saucer

Image attached to O.87-1946

An image of Jade / Saucer. Transparent jadeite saucer almost entirely covered with brilliant emerald-green moss-like markings, diameter, 8.5 cm, 1700-1800. Chinese.

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Jade / Saucer. Transparent jadeite saucer almost entirely covered with brilliant emerald-green moss-like markings, diameter, 8.5 cm, 1700-1800. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.87-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/29.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 972 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 718.72kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 29/1
  • Captured: 2008:05:15 14:50:08

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18th Century Chinese Fitz_AA green jade jadeite saucer

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