Netsuke in form of skeleton kneeling behind skull

Made:: 1701-1900 in Japan

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Ivory netsuke
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Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton kneeling behind a skull and holding a lotus flower and prayer beads, signed, Japanese, 1701-1900

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A69796

Materials:: complete and ivory

Measurements:: overall: 56 mm x 30 mm x 42 mm,

type:: netsuke

credit:: Glendining

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Netsuke in form of skeleton kneeling behind skull

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