A Group of Okimono [Sculptural Ornament]
Meiji period (late 19th century)
The first of marine ivory with a skull on a tripod table entwined with a snake and toads; the second of ivory, a skull; the third with a wooden skull-shaped vessel entwined with a marine ivory snake; the fourth, marine ivory of a performing monkey with a snake on a skull, stained details
12cm., 4cm., 8cm. and 8.2cm. high respectively
A Group of Okimono [Sculptural Ornament]
Meiji period (late 19th century)
The first of marine ivory with a skull on a tripod table entwined with a snake and toads; the second of ivory, a skull; the third with a wooden skull-shaped vessel entwined with a marine ivory snake; the fourth, marine ivory of a performing monkey with a snake on a skull, stained details
12cm., 4cm., 8cm. and 8.2cm. high respectively