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Chinese snuff bottle carved with leaves and a butterfly

Image attached to MAR.O.208 & A-1912

An image of Snuff bottle. Nephrite of white colour in the form of a fruit with leaves, tendrils and a butterfly in relief. Height 7.1 cm, 1760-1880.  Production Place: China.

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Snuff bottle. Nephrite of white colour in the form of a fruit with leaves, tendrils and a butterfly in relief. Height 7.1 cm, 1760-1880. Production Place: China.

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  • Accession Number: MAR.O.208 & A-1912
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 683 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 326.87kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2008:03:05 12:28:10

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bottle butterflies butterfly carved Chinese Fitz_AA green insects jade leaves nephrite snuff bottle

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rgb(194,194,184), rgb(27,35,34), rgb(103,109,109), rgb(146,118,56), rgb(167,154,108), rgb(86,83,76), rgb(146,150,148), rgb(231,231,230), rgb(132,132,139), rgb(72,127,100), rgb(72,140,104)

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