Chinese Meiping pottery vase

An image of Meiping vase. Grey egg shaped pottery vase, covered with a cream coloured glaze. The vase has a short neck, and part of the body is stained pale brown. Height 29.2 cm, width 17.8 cm, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Chinese. Notes: Excavated from the street of Chu-lu Hosien, in the prefecture of Shun-te.

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Meiping vase. Grey egg shaped pottery vase, covered with a cream coloured glaze. The vase has a short neck, and part of the body is stained pale brown. Height 29.2 cm, width 17.8 cm, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Chinese. Notes: Excavated from the street of Chu-lu Hosien, in the prefecture of Shun-te.

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Accession Number: OC.29-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
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ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:07:18 13:50:36

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