Chinese jade snuff bottle, carved as a mythological turtle

An image of Snuff Bottle. Nephrite of greyish/white colour, carved in the form of a mythological turtle. Height 6.7 cm. 1760-1860. Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Chinese

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Snuff Bottle. Nephrite of greyish/white colour, carved in the form of a mythological turtle. Height 6.7 cm. 1760-1860. Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Chinese

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Accession Number: O.32.30 & A-1938
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 682 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 65.06kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:03:05 12:23:21

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18th Century 19th Century bottle carapace carved Chinese creature Fitz_AA jade mythological mythology nephrite Qing Dynasty snuff bottle tortoise turtle turtles

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