Chinese ivory European figure

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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