Japanese netsuke, seated Daruma

An image of Netsuke. Katabori. Seated Daruma. Issan (Japanese). Figure of Daruma, seated and enveloped in his voluminous cloak bearing a sad, resigned expression. Pierced nostrils and inlaid horn eyes. Himotoshi at the centre back. Wood, spherical and hollow, inlaid decoration, height, whole, 2.7 cm, width, whole, 3.0 cm, 1800-1830. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Netsuke. Katabori. Seated Daruma. Issan (Japanese). Figure of Daruma, seated and enveloped in his voluminous cloak bearing a sad, resigned expression. Pierced nostrils and inlaid horn eyes. Himotoshi at the centre back. Wood, spherical and hollow, inlaid decoration, height, whole, 2.7 cm, width, whole, 3.0 cm, 1800-1830. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: O.70-1991
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: 956 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 95.19kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:03 23:38:44

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19th Century Bodhidarma Bodhidharma Buddhism Buddhist cape carved cloak cloaked Da Mo Daruma Edo Period emotional emotions faces Fitz_AA himotoshi hollow inlaid inlay Japanese katabori monks netsuke sad seated sitting sphere spherical unhappy wood wooden

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