Japanese netsuke of Kikujido inside Chyrsanthemum leaves

An image of Netsuke. Kaigyoku Sai. Masatsugu. A barrel-shaped container made of chrysanthemum flowers and hinged at the bottom opening to reveal Kikujidō, writing the magic characters of longevity on chrysanthemum leaves and seated amongst chrysanthemums. Ivory, carved and stained, height, closed, 3 cm. Japanese.

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Netsuke. Kaigyoku Sai. Masatsugu. A barrel-shaped container made of chrysanthemum flowers and hinged at the bottom opening to reveal Kikujidō, writing the magic characters of longevity on chrysanthemum leaves and seated amongst chrysanthemums. Ivory, carved and stained, height, closed, 3 cm. Japanese.

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Accession Number: O.10-1917
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 813 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 612.42kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2009:11:16 14:23:47

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carved chrysanthemum Fitz_AA floral flowers ivory Japanese Kaigyoku Sai katabori Masatsugu netsuke

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