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Chinese jade jug with a carved dragon handle

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An image of Pale green jade jug, carved in high relief with a feline dragon clambering over the rim and forming the handle. Beneath the rounded spout is a handle decorated with lingzhi fungus, from which is suspended a loose ring. On both sides the main surfaces are decorated with clouds, three bats and an archaic motif from ancient bronzes. Nephrite, height, 16.4 cm, width, 14.8 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Pale green jade jug, carved in high relief with a feline dragon clambering over the rim and forming the handle. Beneath the rounded spout is a handle decorated with lingzhi fungus, from which is suspended a loose ring. On both sides the main surfaces are decorated with clouds, three bats and an archaic motif from ancient bronzes. Nephrite, height, 16.4 cm, width, 14.8 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.7-1934
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 796 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 419.54kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2007:12:13 01:30:32

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19th Century bats carved Chinese dragons Fitz_AA fungus green handle handled jade jug nephrite relief

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