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Chinese porcelain horse, one of a pair

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An image of Animal figure. Horse (one of a pair). Unknown maker, China. With brown and yellow splodges, on a green stand. In the act of rising. Hard-paste porcelain, length, 14.6, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Chinese.

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Animal figure. Horse (one of a pair). Unknown maker, China. With brown and yellow splodges, on a green stand. In the act of rising. Hard-paste porcelain, length, 14.6, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: C.14A-1962
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 67.25kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2012:10:23 14:30:32

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17th Century 18th Century animal animal figure animals ceramics Chinese equestrian figure glazed green hard-paste porcelain horses K'ang Hsi Kangxi lying lying down pair pale yellow porcelain yellow

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