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Chinese jade bowl carved with a floral design

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An image of Two handled bowl. Pale celadon jade, carved in relief in the centre of the interior with a medallion of lotus flowers with a long ribbed leaf and the exterior with peonies. The central floral design was possibly influenced by Moghul objects. A pair of loop handles formed by moths to the rim bearing loose rings. Nephrite, height, 5, cm, length, 20.7, cm, diameter, 15.1, cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Two handled bowl. Pale celadon jade, carved in relief in the centre of the interior with a medallion of lotus flowers with a long ribbed leaf and the exterior with peonies. The central floral design was possibly influenced by Moghul objects. A pair of loop handles formed by moths to the rim bearing loose rings. Nephrite, height, 5, cm, length, 20.7, cm, diameter, 15.1, cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.4-1934
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 683 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 384.54kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2008:05:15 11:48:28

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19th Century bowl carved Chinese Fitz_AA floral flowers green handled jade lotus lotus flower nephrite

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