Chinese carved jade scabbard chape

An image of Scabbard Chape. Brown jade with altered areas. Approximately trapezoidal in shape, decorated with c-shaped scrolls in low relief in the centre and a geometric design on the edge. The top has three deep joined holes for attachment to the scabbard. Nephrite, length 4.6 cm, width 3.1 cm, 1900-1940, Chinese.

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Scabbard Chape. Brown jade with altered areas. Approximately trapezoidal in shape, decorated with c-shaped scrolls in low relief in the centre and a geometric design on the edge. The top has three deep joined holes for attachment to the scabbard. Nephrite, length 4.6 cm, width 3.1 cm, 1900-1940, Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.26-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 827 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 113.42kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 18/1
Captured: 2008:02:16 21:05:45

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20th Century carved chape Chinese Fitz_AA jade nephrite scabbard scroll sword guard

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