Carved jade ear-pick, Chinese

An image of Ear-pick. Grey green jade re-carved from a broken fish-shaped or reptile-shaped jade dating to the Western Zhou (c.1050-771 BC). Nephrite, length 6.4 cm, width 0.7 cm, 1050-771 B.C. Chinese.

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Ear-pick. Grey green jade re-carved from a broken fish-shaped or reptile-shaped jade dating to the Western Zhou (c.1050-771 BC). Nephrite, length 6.4 cm, width 0.7 cm, 1050-771 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.24-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 462 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 34.85kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2007:11:27 15:45:38

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BC carved Chinese Chou Dynasty cosmetica ear-pick Fitz_AA green jade nephrite Zhou Dynasty

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