Chinese jade inscribed cong

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An image of Bead, tubular shape. White jade, eight sided tubular bead with very fine inscriptions on each side of the Cong, tube. Nephrite, height 6.2 cm, diameter 1.6 cm, 1850-1900. Chinese.

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Bead, tubular shape. White jade, eight sided tubular bead with very fine inscriptions on each side of the Cong, tube. Nephrite, height 6.2 cm, diameter 1.6 cm, 1850-1900. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.80-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 494 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 293.93kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:03:04 15:10:55

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19th Century AD bead carved Chinese cong Fitz_AA inscribed inscriptions jade nephrite octagonal texts tube tubular writing

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