Japanese ivory netsuke of a bird, Tamakazu

An image of Netsuke; katabori. Bird. Tamakazu, Edo Period (1603-1868), Japan. Small, squat bird with open beak, the rounded body flanked by short outspread wings and erect tail. Eyes black, inlaid in horn. Very smooth, no incised details but slight staining. Himotoshi on the underside. Ivory, carved, eyes inlaid in horn, height, whole, 2.2 cm, width, whole, 4.3 cm, circa 1800-1868. Collection: H.S. Reitlinger.

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Netsuke; katabori. Bird. Tamakazu, Edo Period (1603-1868), Japan. Small, squat bird with open beak, the rounded body flanked by short outspread wings and erect tail. Eyes black, inlaid in horn. Very smooth, no incised details but slight staining. Himotoshi on the underside. Ivory, carved, eyes inlaid in horn, height, whole, 2.2 cm, width, whole, 4.3 cm, circa 1800-1868. Collection: H.S. Reitlinger.

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Accession Number: O.56-1991
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: 763 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 56.04kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 02:21:42

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19th Century birds carved Edo Period Fitz_AA himotoshi inlaid inlay ivory Japanese katabori netsuke squat Tamakazu winged wings

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