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Chinese enamelled dish with a dragon

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An image of Dish. Production Place: China. A green enamelled dragon dish, diameter 17.5 cm. Zhengde period (1506-1521).

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Dish. Production Place: China. A green enamelled dragon dish, diameter 17.5 cm. Zhengde period (1506-1521).

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  • Accession Number: C.21-2017
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 1047 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 76.64kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2018:03:27 14:47:18

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16th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending ceramics Chinese dish dragons enamel enamelled Fitz_AA green Medium porcelain white

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