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Japanese okimono, a man reclining with his pet cat

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An image of Okimono. Unknown maker, Japan. A man reclining, resting his left arm on his books, while holding his pipe in his left hand and holding a fan in his right hand, he is pleased to see his pet cat on his legs, reaching out to the food container in the fore ground with its left paw. Ivory, 1870-1900.

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Okimono. Unknown maker, Japan. A man reclining, resting his left arm on his books, while holding his pipe in his left hand and holding a fan in his right hand, he is pleased to see his pet cat on his legs, reaching out to the food container in the fore ground with its left paw. Ivory, 1870-1900.

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  • Accession Number: O.236-2008
  • 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: 613 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 83.37kB
  • Exposure time: 1/30
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2000:01:01 06:22:06

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19th Century animal animals books carved cats fans Fitz_AA happiness happy ivory Japanese joy lying lying down male Meiji Period netsuke objet d'art okimono pets pleased reclining recumbent smile smiling

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