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Chinese jade snuff bottle, carved as a mythological turtle

Image attached to O.32.30 & A-1938

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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rgb(226,226,227), rgb(68,50,13), rgb(176,175,144), rgb(161,60,14), rgb(143,128,69), rgb(152,151,120), rgb(186,187,165), rgb(199,198,173), rgb(166,154,120), rgb(197,187,168), rgb(203,207,206)

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