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Japanese ivory netsuke of a high court official

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An image of Ivory, carved with an old Japanese high court official standing, holding a brush in his right hand, and a scroll in his left hand, decorated in black and green lacquer. Circa 1900-1930.

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Ivory, carved with an old Japanese high court official standing, holding a brush in his right hand, and a scroll in his left hand, decorated in black and green lacquer. Circa 1900-1930.

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  • Accession Number: O.36-2008
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 696 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 311.26kB
  • Exposure time: 1/30
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2000:01:01 04:02:37

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20th Century aged carved conical elderly figure Fitz_AA hats ivory Japanese male netsuke old pointed robes scrolls

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rgb(70,46,29), rgb(204,148,88), rgb(242,242,242), rgb(146,89,38), rgb(231,194,153), rgb(202,165,130), rgb(241,216,188), rgb(224,201,183), rgb(116,116,112), rgb(124,108,108), rgb(180,180,172)

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