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Chinese porcelain moon vase with fruit and flowers

Image attached to C.7-1973

An image of Moon vase/flask. The flask is decorated in underglaze blue with fruit and flowers. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze colours. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Chinese.

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Moon vase/flask. The flask is decorated in underglaze blue with fruit and flowers. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze colours. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: C.7-1973
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 775 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 444.73kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2012:10:19 12:06:34

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blue and white ceramics Chinese Fitz_AA flask floral flowers foliate fruits glazed hard-paste porcelain leaves Ming Dynasty moon vase porcelain studio ceramics underglaze vase

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