Chinese snuff bottle carved as a carp

An image of Snuff bottle. Nephrite of black and grey colours carved as a fau-tailed carp on a pierced lotus base. Height, whole, 4.9 cm, 1780-1900. Production Place: China.

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Snuff bottle. Nephrite of black and grey colours carved as a fau-tailed carp on a pierced lotus base. Height, whole, 4.9 cm, 1780-1900. Production Place: China.

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Accession Number: MAR.O.233-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 778 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 89.50kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 18/1
Captured: 2008:03:05 02:02:35

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19th Century bottle carp carved Chinese fish Fitz_AA jade nephrite scales snuff bottle

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