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Japanese Ivory human skull
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Print Details
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Request Details
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This item has been sold
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Dates
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Circa 1880
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Medium
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Ivory
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Origin
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Japan
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Description
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A large and extremely detailed Japanese ivory okimono of a human skull with a coiled snake resting on the cranium, three toads and a tree frog clamber over both, the eyes are inlaid in horn
Tokyo School, unsigned, in the style of Asahi Gyokuzan
Meiji Period
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Condition
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There are two fine cracks through the snake
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Provenance
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English Private Collection
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