An Ivory Okimono of a Skull

By Shosai, Meiji Period, circa 1890

Incised Shosai

4 in (10.2 cm) high, 4 in (10.2 cm) wide, 5 in (12.7 cm) deep

cf. Fukui Yasutami, History of Japanese Ivory Carving: Gebori-Okimono and Shibayama of Meiji Period, 1996, pp. 82-83

Arts of East and West from World Expositions: 1855-1900: Paris, Vienna and Chicago, Nagoya, Japan, 2005, p. 44, no. I-92
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