Japanese netsuke of a wolf or dog eating the leg of a deer

An image of Netsuke. Tomotada. A wolf or dog eating the leg of a deer. Ivory, carved and stained, height 3.5 cm, width 4.5 cm. Edo Period (1603-1868). Japanese.

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Netsuke. Tomotada. A wolf or dog eating the leg of a deer. Ivory, carved and stained, height 3.5 cm, width 4.5 cm. Edo Period (1603-1868). Japanese.

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Accession Number: MAR.O.114-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 762 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 98.13kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2010:01:27 16:35:48

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animal animals carved deer devouring dogs eating Edo Period Fitz_AA hounds ivory Japanese katabori netsuke stained Tomotada wolf wolves

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