Chinese jade pendant carved in openwork with dragons

An image of Ornament/Pendant. Green jade carved in openwork with a large central hole, which suggests its design is based on a thumb ring. The top of the ring is decorated with a dragon and feline dragons on both sides at the bottom. This pendant was carved in the Ming or Qing period based on an image from a woodblock print. Nephrite, length 8 cm, width 5.1 cm, 1600-1800. Chinese.

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Ornament/Pendant. Green jade carved in openwork with a large central hole, which suggests its design is based on a thumb ring. The top of the ring is decorated with a dragon and feline dragons on both sides at the bottom. This pendant was carved in the Ming or Qing period based on an image from a woodblock print. Nephrite, length 8 cm, width 5.1 cm, 1600-1800. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.30-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 744 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 392.10kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 18/1
Captured: 2007:11:15 15:03:30

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17th Century 18th Century AD carved Chinese creature dark green decorated decoration decorative dragons feline Fitz_AA green jade jewellery jewelry mythical mythology nephrite openwork ornament pendant pierced

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