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Chinese carved jade cong

Image attached to O.48-1946

An image of Cong/Tube. Creamy white jade with dark veins, half of the body altered to a rich dark black colour. The central hole drilled from both ends and polished smooth on the inside. Nephrite, height 3.3 cm, length 5.9 cm, width 5.7 cm, 1050-771 BC. Chinese.

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Cong/Tube. Creamy white jade with dark veins, half of the body altered to a rich dark black colour. The central hole drilled from both ends and polished smooth on the inside. Nephrite, height 3.3 cm, length 5.9 cm, width 5.7 cm, 1050-771 BC. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.48-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 800 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 90.28kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2008:03:04 11:44:27

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BC carved Chinese cong drilled Fitz_AA jade nephrite tube

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