Netsuke in form of skull

Made:
Japan
Wooden netsuke

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Wooden netsuke
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Wooden netsuke, in the form of a skull with some teeth but no mandible with lizard crawling over it, signed seusai, Japanese

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A50117
Materials:
wood and complete
Measurements:
overall: 52 mm x 63 mm x 80 mm,
type:
netsuke
credit:
Glendining