Japanese netsuke, a Japanese official pouring sake

An image of Netsuke. A Japanese official pouring the sake out from a wooden barrel, holding a silver sake bowl in his left hand, he wears an inro to his left side back. Unknown maker, Japan. Boxwood with silver, ebony and mother of pearl, 1800-1900.

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Netsuke. A Japanese official pouring the sake out from a wooden barrel, holding a silver sake bowl in his left hand, he wears an inro to his left side back. Unknown maker, Japan. Boxwood with silver, ebony and mother of pearl, 1800-1900.

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Accession Number: O.120-2008
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: 1001 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Filesize: 84.96kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 03:53:08

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