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Chinese jade carved fan handle.

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An image of Handle of a fan or fly whisk. Brown and green Jade/Nephrite, length 14.8 cm, width 6.3 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Handle of a fan or fly whisk. Brown and green Jade/Nephrite, length 14.8 cm, width 6.3 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.69-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/29.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 576 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 309.10kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 29/1
  • Captured: 2008:04:25 14:15:32

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19th Century carved Chinese fan fan handle fans Fitz_AA handle handled jade nephrite

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