Japanese katabori, Sennin Tekkai, by Chogetsu

Netsuke: katabori: Sennin Tekkai. Chogetsu, Edo Period (1603-1868). Figure of Sennin Tekkai as an old beggar holding a staff in his right hand, barefoot and wearing a cloak made of leaves revealing his ribs, blowing his spirit into space through his open mouth. He is seated on a gourd. The details are finely carved and incised. Himotoshi on the underside. Ivory, carved, incised and stained, height, whole, 4.0 cm, width, whole, 3.5 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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• Accession Number: O.85-1991
• 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: 1030 pixels
• Image width: 876 pixels
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• Exposure time: 1/30
• ISO Speed: 100
• Fnumber: 32/1
• Captured: 2000:01:01 03:34:34

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