Wooden netsuke of a monkey sitting on a gourd, by Masachika

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Wooden netsuke. A monkey sitting on a gourd. Masachika (Japanese). Wood, height 4 cm, width 4.5 cm.

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Accession Number: MAR.O.128-1912
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: 1010 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 99.69kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:10 01:45:47

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chimp Fitz_AA gourd Japanese Masachika monkeys netsuke vegetables wood wooden

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