Japanese wooden netsuke of a basket of tortoises

An image of Netsuke. Carving of a basket of tortoises: two climbing out of the top, one out of the side. Chūichi (Japanese). Wooden, carved, height 3 cm, width 4 cm.

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Netsuke. Carving of a basket of tortoises: two climbing out of the top, one out of the side. Chūichi (Japanese). Wooden, carved, height 3 cm, width 4 cm.

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Accession Number: MAR.O.148-1912
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: 887 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 550.32kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 00:50:10

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baskets carapace carved Chuichi Fitz_AA Japanese netsuke tortoise turtle wood wooden

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