Chinese lacquer dish with two long tailed birds

An image of Dish. Circular dish, with deep carving through black lacquer to a buff ground. Depicting two long tailed birds amid foliage and flowers. Carved, diameter 32 cm, 14th century. Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). Chinese.

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Dish. Circular dish, with deep carving through black lacquer to a buff ground. Depicting two long tailed birds amid foliage and flowers. Carved, diameter 32 cm, 14th century. Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.4-1970
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 926 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 695.05kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2009:07:08 00:40:49

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14th Century birds black carved carving Chinese circular dish Fitz_AA floral flowers foliage foliate lacquer lacquered round Yuan Dynasty

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