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Japanese porcelain Buddhist lion (karashishi)

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An image of Animal figure. Unknown maker, Japan, Arita. Kakiemon. Porcelain Buddhist lion (karashishi). The base is decorated with plum blossoms. Moulded, and painted in enamels, circa 1680. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Animal figure. Unknown maker, Japan, Arita. Kakiemon. Porcelain Buddhist lion (karashishi). The base is decorated with plum blossoms. Moulded, and painted in enamels, circa 1680. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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  • Accession Number: JL.22-1984
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1384 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
  • Filesize: 134.26kB
  • Exposure time: 1/180
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2016:01:13 13:00:17

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17th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_Loan _WF_Loan_Jenyns _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending animal animal figure blossom blue and white Buddhism Buddhist ceramics Edo Period enamel enamelled figure Fitz_AA Japanese Kakiemon karashishi lions moulded plum blossom porcelain

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