Netsuke of a recumbent male ox

An image of Netsuke. Unknown. Ivory, carved with a recumbent male ox. The eyes are inlaid with horn, 1770-1830.

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Netsuke. Unknown. Ivory, carved with a recumbent male ox. The eyes are inlaid with horn, 1770-1830.

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Accession Number: O.26-2008
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: 534 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 82.06kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 01:54:39

Key words

18th Century 19th Century animal animals carved Edo Period Fitz_AA hoof hooves ivory Japanese netsuke ox oxen recumbent yoked yoking

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