Japanese ivory netsuke of a high court official

An image of Ivory, carved with an old Japanese high court official standing, holding a brush in his right hand, and a scroll in his left hand, decorated in black and green lacquer. Circa 1900-1930.

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Ivory, carved with an old Japanese high court official standing, holding a brush in his right hand, and a scroll in his left hand, decorated in black and green lacquer. Circa 1900-1930.

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Accession Number: O.36-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 696 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 311.26kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 04:02:37

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20th Century aged carved conical elderly figure Fitz_AA hats ivory Japanese male netsuke old pointed robes scrolls

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