Jade Carving of a Bear, Chinese

An image of Black jade, carved and polished, depicting a bear sitting up and eating with its paw. The reverse grooved, perhaps for attachment. 206-220 B.C. Chinese.

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Black jade, carved and polished, depicting a bear sitting up and eating with its paw. The reverse grooved, perhaps for attachment. 206-220 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.17-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 742 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
Filesize: 117.85kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2007:11:24 11:26:18

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3rd Century BC Chinese Date Department Fitz_AA Jade Material Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd _WF_batch_16 animals bears carved eating nephrite

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