Japanese netsuke figure of the dragon Sennin

An image of Netsuke. Figure of the dragon Sennin. Painted cypress wood, carved, 1770-1800. Japanese. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Netsuke. Figure of the dragon Sennin. Painted cypress wood, carved, 1770-1800. Japanese. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: O.167-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 589 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 390.23kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2009:11:16 21:16:00

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18th Century carved cypress dragons Edo Period elderly figure Fitz_AA hermit Japanese male man netsuke old old man sage sennin staffs wood

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