Carved glass cicada, Han Dynasty

An image of Carved Glass Cicada. Upper side (pale yellow) decorated with head, prominent eyes and wings, underside (brown) ribbed. Length 5.7 cm, width 3.15 cm, 100 B.C.-100 AD. Han Dynasty or earlier (BC 206-AD 220). Chinese.

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Carved Glass Cicada. Upper side (pale yellow) decorated with head, prominent eyes and wings, underside (brown) ribbed. Length 5.7 cm, width 3.15 cm, 100 B.C.-100 AD. Han Dynasty or earlier (BC 206-AD 220). Chinese.

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Accession Number: OC.134-1946
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Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
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1st Century carved Chinese cicada Fitz_AA glass Han Dynasty insects

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