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Carved ivory netsuke skull with a snake resting on top

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An image of Netsuke. A skull with a snake resting on top, after emerging from the eye socket. Unknown carver, Japan. Ivory, carving, 1900-2000.

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Netsuke. A skull with a snake resting on top, after emerging from the eye socket. Unknown carver, Japan. Ivory, carving, 1900-2000.

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  • Accession Number: O.91-2008
  • 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: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 969 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 452.55kB
  • Exposure time: 1/30
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2000:01:04 02:23:45

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20th Century carved carving Fitz_AA ivory Japanese netsuke serpent skull skulls snake

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