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Japanese netsuke of a group of tortoises

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An image of Netsuke. Group of tortoises: two small ivory and two small wood, climbing on one large wooden one. Unknown maker. Wood and ivory, height 4 cm, width 4.5 cm. Japanese.

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Netsuke. Group of tortoises: two small ivory and two small wood, climbing on one large wooden one. Unknown maker. Wood and ivory, height 4 cm, width 4.5 cm. Japanese.

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  • Accession Number: MAR.O.137-1912
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 812 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 84.12kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2009:11:16 13:20:37

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animals atop carapace carved climbing Fitz_AA groups ivory Japanese netsuke tortoise turtle turtles wooden

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