Chinese cornelian scabbard chape

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An image of Scabbard Chape. Red and white cornelian, undecorated, with two deep holes on the top. Height 5.3 cm, length 5.2 cm, width 2.45 cm, 400-1 B.C. Chinese.

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Scabbard Chape. Red and white cornelian, undecorated, with two deep holes on the top. Height 5.3 cm, length 5.2 cm, width 2.45 cm, 400-1 B.C. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.23-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 880 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 535.88kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2007:11:27 13:10:38

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BC carnelian chape Chinese cornelian Fitz_AA scabbard sword guard weapon

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