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Jade Carving of a Bear, Chinese

Image attached to O.17-1946

An image of Black jade, carved and polished, depicting a bear sitting up and eating with its paw. The reverse grooved, perhaps for attachment. 206-220 B.C. Chinese.

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Black jade, carved and polished, depicting a bear sitting up and eating with its paw. The reverse grooved, perhaps for attachment. 206-220 B.C. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.17-1946
  • 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: 742 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 117.85kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 29/1
  • Captured: 2007:11:24 11:26:18

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3rd Century BC Chinese Date Department Fitz_AA Jade Material Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd _WF_batch_16 animals bears carved eating nephrite

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rgb(209,211,211), rgb(43,42,40), rgb(86,81,76), rgb(103,103,101), rgb(102,95,80), rgb(153,158,161), rgb(164,163,168), rgb(137,127,115), rgb(156,144,126), rgb(183,175,160), rgb(76,92,96)

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