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Rectangular jade plaque, Chinese

Image attached to O.43-1946

An image of Plaque. Pale green jade extensively altered to brown, carved in rectangular shape with smooth and undecorated surface. Four pairs of interconnected holes at the edges on the reverse for attachment. Nephrite, height 0.65 cm, length 5.4 cm, width 2.65 cm, 916-1125 AD, Chinese.

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Plaque. Pale green jade extensively altered to brown, carved in rectangular shape with smooth and undecorated surface. Four pairs of interconnected holes at the edges on the reverse for attachment. Nephrite, height 0.65 cm, length 5.4 cm, width 2.65 cm, 916-1125 AD, Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.43-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/20.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 616 pixels
  • Image width: 992 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 313.31kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 20/1
  • Captured: 2008:02:20 16:02:24

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AD carved Chinese Fitz_AA jade nephrite plaque

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