Chinese jade flute capped with jadeite

An image of Flute. A celadon jade carved and hollowed to a tubular form with nine aligned oval apertures and two further apertures on the underside. Both ends capped with jadeite. Nephrite, length 18 cm, 1800-1900, Chinese.

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Flute. A celadon jade carved and hollowed to a tubular form with nine aligned oval apertures and two further apertures on the underside. Both ends capped with jadeite. Nephrite, length 18 cm, 1800-1900, Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.65-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 394 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 172.51kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2008:05:16 11:54:17

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19th Century carved Chinese Fitz_AA flute jade jadeite music musical instrument musical instruments nephrite

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