Chinese jade scabbard chape

An image of Dark brown jade with black staining, carved in approximately trapezoidal shape. Three joined holes on the top for attachment to the scabbard. Undecorated smooth surface. Nephrite, length, 5.5 cm, width, 4.5 cm, circa 400-1 B.C. Chinese.

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Dark brown jade with black staining, carved in approximately trapezoidal shape. Three joined holes on the top for attachment to the scabbard. Undecorated smooth surface. Nephrite, length, 5.5 cm, width, 4.5 cm, circa 400-1 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.101-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 968 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 665.03kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2008:03:05 01:49:11

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BC chape Chinese Fitz_AA jade nephrite scabbard

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