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A pair of Chinese carved jade pigs

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An image of A pair of pigs. Green jade with extensively altered surfaces, carved as a rectangular block of jade in the shape of a pig. Features shown in a stylised form. Strong slanting cuts define its back and front limbs, as well as its snout, eyes and tail. Small perforations drilled through the bottom of the snout and the top of its tail. The underside is completely flat and the surface is well polished. Nephrite, height 2.7 cm, length 10.9 cm, width 2.3 cm, 206-220 B.C. Chinese.

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A pair of pigs. Green jade with extensively altered surfaces, carved as a rectangular block of jade in the shape of a pig. Features shown in a stylised form. Strong slanting cuts define its back and front limbs, as well as its snout, eyes and tail. Small perforations drilled through the bottom of the snout and the top of its tail. The underside is completely flat and the surface is well polished. Nephrite, height 2.7 cm, length 10.9 cm, width 2.3 cm, 206-220 B.C. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.22A & B-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 683 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 204.82kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2007:11:27 15:03:50

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3rd Century animals BC carved Chinese Fitz_AA jade nephrite ornament pigs swine

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