Chinese jade sword guard, rusted onto an iron sword

An image of Sword guard with incised geometric pattern rusted on to a fragment of an iron sword with remains of a wooden sheath. Nephrite, length 5.1 cm, width 1.9 cm, 206 B.C. to 220 AD, Chinese.

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Sword guard with incised geometric pattern rusted on to a fragment of an iron sword with remains of a wooden sheath. Nephrite, length 5.1 cm, width 1.9 cm, 206 B.C. to 220 AD, Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.28-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 545 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 489.51kB
Exposure time: 1/10
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2007:11:17 17:06:15

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BC carved Chinese Fitz_AA geometrical incised jade rusted rusty scabbard sheath sword guard

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