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Chinese soapstone carving in the form of a duck

Image attached to O.47-1946

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

Key words

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

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rgb(150,127,83), rgb(212,219,220), rgb(123,87,64), rgb(59,48,39), rgb(208,181,135), rgb(175,150,115), rgb(135,128,124), rgb(91,92,74), rgb(183,179,173), rgb(170,169,169), rgb(207,161,99)

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