Chinese snuff bottle carved with leaves and a butterfly

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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