Japanese katabori, pumpkin and three egg plants

An image of Netsuke: katabori: Pumpkin and three egg plants. Tomonobu, Japan. A grouping of a pumpkin and three egg plants, the latter with stained black detailing. The stalk of the pumpkin forms the himotoshi. Wood, carved and partly stained, height, whole, 2.0 cm
width, whole, 4.3 cm, circa 1770-1830. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Netsuke: katabori: Pumpkin and three egg plants. Tomonobu, Japan. A grouping of a pumpkin and three egg plants, the latter with stained black detailing. The stalk of the pumpkin forms the himotoshi. Wood, carved and partly stained, height, whole, 2.0 cm width, whole, 4.3 cm, circa 1770-1830. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: O.47-1991
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: 765 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 92.91kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:08 23:20:30

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18th Century 19th Century aubergine carved Edo Period egg plants eggplants Fitz_AA himotoshi Japanese katabori netsuke pumpkin stained Tomonobu vegetables wood wooden

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