Japanese okimono, a man reclining with his pet cat

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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