Chinese soapstone carving in the form of a duck

An image of Vessel. Soapstone carved in the form of a duck, unknown purpose. Length 3.5 cm, 1900-1940, Chinese.

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Vessel. Soapstone carved in the form of a duck, unknown purpose. Length 3.5 cm, 1900-1940, Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.47-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 664 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 106.86kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 125
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:04:28 11:45:34

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20th Century birds carved carving Chinese ducks Fitz_AA ornament soapstone steatite

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