Chinese agate brush washer carved as a lotus leaf

An image of Brush Washer. Dark green agate, carved in the shape of a lotus leaf, decorated with a frog outside. Agate, height 3.8 cm, width 7 cm, 1700-1800, Chinese.

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Brush Washer. Dark green agate, carved in the shape of a lotus leaf, decorated with a frog outside. Agate, height 3.8 cm, width 7 cm, 1700-1800, Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.22-1951
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 788 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 418.12kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2008:03:04 12:53:36

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18th Century agate amphibian brush bath brush washer brush-rest calligraphy carved Chinese Fitz_AA frogs green lotus lotus leaf toads

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