Chinese jade brush washer carved with prunus blossoms

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An image of Brush Washer. Opaque celadon jade, well hollowed and carved with gnarled branches of prunus blossoms issuing from underneath a magnolia flower. Nephrite/jade, height 9 cm, length 17 cm, circa 1500-1700. Chinese. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Stolen 13 April 2012.

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Brush Washer. Opaque celadon jade, well hollowed and carved with gnarled branches of prunus blossoms issuing from underneath a magnolia flower. Nephrite/jade, height 9 cm, length 17 cm, circa 1500-1700. Chinese. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Stolen 13 April 2012.

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Accession Number: O.6-1951
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 683 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 350.15kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2007:12:13 01:15:37

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Chinese jade brush washer carved with prunus blossoms

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