Chinese porcelain hawk, one of a pair

An image of Hawk. Animal Figure. One of a pair, Red and brown, on a pierced rock or branch. Hard-paste porcelain, height 35.1 cm, 1662-1722. Chinese. Kangxi Period.

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Hawk. Animal Figure. One of a pair, Red and brown, on a pierced rock or branch. Hard-paste porcelain, height 35.1 cm, 1662-1722. Chinese. Kangxi Period.

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Accession Number: C.13B-1962
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 769 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 345.74kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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17th Century birds birds of prey ceramics Chinese Fitz_AA glazed hard-paste porcelain hawk K'ang Hsi Kangxi pair porcelain

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