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Chinese carved jade scabbard slide

Image attached to O.41-1946

An image of Scabbard Slide. Brownish jade with some alterations on the surfaces, decorated with rows of small spirals in relief, enlivened by incised lines. Nephrite, height 1.6, cm, length 8.95 cm, width 2.3 cm, 1500-1700, Chinese.

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Scabbard Slide. Brownish jade with some alterations on the surfaces, decorated with rows of small spirals in relief, enlivened by incised lines. Nephrite, height 1.6, cm, length 8.95 cm, width 2.3 cm, 1500-1700, Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.41-1946
  • 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: 478 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 61.45kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 18/1
  • Captured: 2008:03:05 01:29:33

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16th Century 17th Century AD carved Chinese Fitz_AA jade nephrite scabbard scabbard slide spirals sword guard

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