Chinese vase with scroll decoration, Tz'u chou ware

An image of Vase. Cizhou ware/Tzu chou. Unknown production, China. Stoneware vase, with four loop handles. The top part is white over brown scroll decoration, while the lower part is matt brown. Stoneware, height, 30.5, cm, width, 13.3, cm. Song Dynasty (960-1279). Acquisition Credit: Given by Oscar C. Raphael.

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Vase. Cizhou ware/Tzu chou. Unknown production, China. Stoneware vase, with four loop handles. The top part is white over brown scroll decoration, while the lower part is matt brown. Stoneware, height, 30.5, cm, width, 13.3, cm. Song Dynasty (960-1279). Acquisition Credit: Given by Oscar C. Raphael.

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Accession Number: C.35-1924
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 590 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 354.47kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2012:09:27 13:55:03

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