Netsuke in form of skeleton holding fan and Tanuki the badger

Made:
1701-1900 in Japan
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Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Left: Ivory netsuke
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton, holding a fan in one hand and Tanuki the badger in the other, Japanese, 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A641364
Materials:
ivory and complete
Measurements:
overall: 59 mm x 29 mm x 19 mm, .02 kg
type:
netsuke
credit:
Glendining