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Jade Ornament Carved in the Shape of a Phoenix, Chinese

Image attached to O.15-1946

An image of Pale green jade carved, pierced and engraved with a phoenix holding a gem in its beak. Nephrite, height 10cm, length 18cm, 1-100 AD, China.

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Pale green jade carved, pierced and engraved with a phoenix holding a gem in its beak. Nephrite, height 10cm, length 18cm, 1-100 AD, China.

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  • Accession Number: O.15-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 135
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 603 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 80.30kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2007:03:13 21:06:55

Key words

1st Century AD birds carved Chinese creature engraved engraving Fitz_AA jade mythical mythology nephrite ornament phoenix pierced

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rgb(180,183,173), rgb(4,4,4), rgb(97,91,74), rgb(122,135,138), rgb(142,119,70), rgb(106,119,139), rgb(46,42,30), rgb(132,100,60), rgb(58,68,74), rgb(44,56,73), rgb(26,36,43)

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