Netsuke of an Immortal, by Tomotada

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Netsuke/katabori. An Immortal. Tomotada (Japanese). Figure of an immortal holding in his right hand a bamboo shoot (?) to his mouth, with two prominent front teeth, wearing a leaf cloak and seated among incised foliage. Undulating and irregular base with traces of shells and fossil marks. Finely incised using the contours of the amber/tortoiseshell. Himotoshi at the back. Amber or tortoiseshell, carved, incised and possibly stained, height 3.7 cm, width 5.9 cm, circa 1800-1868. Signed on base, translated as Tomotada or Yucho, meaning friendship and loyalty. Edo Period (1603-1868).

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Accession Number: O.90-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 70.89kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2013:09:17 16:34:20

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19th Century cape carved cloak Edo Period Fitz_AA immorality immortal incised Japanese katabori male netsuke seated sitting Tomotada tortoise-shell tortoiseshell

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