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Chinese ivory European figure

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An image of European figure. Production Place: China. Carved ivory with brown paint, black lacquer and traces of gilding. Late 17th-early 18th Century.

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European figure. Production Place: China. Carved ivory with brown paint, black lacquer and traces of gilding. Late 17th-early 18th Century.

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  • Accession Number: O.1-2017
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 769 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 404.12kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2018:06:06 10:10:24

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17th Century 18th Century carved Chinese European figure Fitz_AA gilded gilding hats ivory kneeling lacquer lacquered male tricorn tricorne

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rgb(242,241,245), rgb(134,107,81), rgb(159,136,107), rgb(69,56,44), rgb(202,188,166), rgb(164,151,135), rgb(185,167,143), rgb(214,203,190), rgb(200,197,193), rgb(116,124,124), rgb(116,116,124)

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