Chinese two-handled baluster vase

An image of Two-handled baluster vase. Square section hard-paste porcelain two-handled baluster vase. Decorated underglaze in blue and copper red, with dragon and phoenix. Chia-ching seal script mark and period. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze colour, height 29.2 cm. Jiaqing Period (1796-1820). Chinese.

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Two-handled baluster vase. Square section hard-paste porcelain two-handled baluster vase. Decorated underglaze in blue and copper red, with dragon and phoenix. Chia-ching seal script mark and period. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze colour, height 29.2 cm. Jiaqing Period (1796-1820). Chinese.

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Accession Number: C.19-1978
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 749 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 502.32kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 45/1
Captured: 2012:10:25 10:18:46

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18th Century 19th Century baluster vase blue Chia Ching Period Chinese dragons Fitz_AA floral flowers foliage foliate glazed hard-paste porcelain Jiaqing Period phenix phoenix porcelain red underglaze vase

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