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Japanese netsuke of a cicada with folded wings

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An image of Netsuke. A cicada with folded wings. Wood, tortoise shell, mother-of-pearl, height 5 cm. Japanese.

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Netsuke. A cicada with folded wings. Wood, tortoise shell, mother-of-pearl, height 5 cm. Japanese.

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  • Accession Number: MAR.O.105-1912
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 582 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 79.04kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2010:01:28 02:19:15

Key words

carved cicada Fitz_AA insects Japanese katabori mother of pearl netsuke tortoise-shell tortoiseshell winged wings wood wooden

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