Japanese porcelain Buddhist lion (karashishi)

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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