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Japanese wooden netsuke of a basket of tortoises

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An image of Netsuke. Carving of a basket of tortoises: two climbing out of the top, one out of the side. Chūichi (Japanese). Wooden, carved, height 3 cm, width 4 cm.

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Netsuke. Carving of a basket of tortoises: two climbing out of the top, one out of the side. Chūichi (Japanese). Wooden, carved, height 3 cm, width 4 cm.

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  • Accession Number: MAR.O.148-1912
  • 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: 887 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 550.32kB
  • Exposure time: 1/30
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2000:01:01 00:50:10

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baskets carapace carved Chuichi Fitz_AA Japanese netsuke tortoise turtle wood wooden

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