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Chinese jade pendant carved as a fish

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An image of Ornament. Fish pendant. Pale green jade with areas altered to white, carved in the shape of fish with pointed head and tail. A perforation at the mouth is now damaged. Traces of cinnabar. Nephrite, length, 4.4, cm, width, 0.8, cm, 1050-771 B.C. Chinese.

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Ornament. Fish pendant. Pale green jade with areas altered to white, carved in the shape of fish with pointed head and tail. A perforation at the mouth is now damaged. Traces of cinnabar. Nephrite, length, 4.4, cm, width, 0.8, cm, 1050-771 B.C. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.5-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/20.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 433 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 48.09kB
  • Exposure time: 1/10
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 20/1
  • Captured: 2007:11:17 16:33:07

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BC carved Chinese decorated decoration decorative fish Fitz_AA green jade jewellery jewelry nephrite ornament pendant

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