Japanese Carved Ivory Skull with an Articulated Hinged Lower Jaw
A Japanese Carved Ivory Skull with an Articulated Hinged Lower Jaw ‘Memento Mori’
Signed; Yoshikazu
Meiji Period – Late 19th Century
Size: 4cm high, 3cm wide, 4cm deep – 1½ ins high, 1¼ ins wide, 1½ ins deep
Signed; Yoshikazu
Meiji Period – Late 19th Century
Size: 4cm high, 3cm wide, 4cm deep – 1½ ins high, 1¼ ins wide, 1½ ins deep
The ghosts in Japanese mythology and spirit stories are always represented as skeletons or skulls and it is believed in Japan that a spirit, even if the individual’s death is a peaceful and natural one, lingers in its lifetime abode for as long as thirty-three years.
Japanese Carved Ivory Skull with an Articulated Hinged Lower Jaw
![Main image](https://images.finch-and-co.co.uk/FinchMedia/Object/412b1ed41d3545efa8e7e4a0f6b7bd1a.jpg?w=190&h=190&mode=pad&format=jpg)
SOLD
![Mini image](https://images.finch-and-co.co.uk/FinchMedia/Object/48f1229a00d34f0dbe81f66a100328ed.jpg?width=550&format=jpg)
![Mini image](https://images.finch-and-co.co.uk/FinchMedia/Object/42696f2dc83b4b8581d4efca14d57a82.jpg?width=550&format=jpg)
![Mini image](https://images.finch-and-co.co.uk/FinchMedia/Object/b31eebb0676c4ce68065a670e107fa9e.jpg?width=550&format=jpg)
![Mini image](https://images.finch-and-co.co.uk/FinchMedia/Object/7b7f6386b46740e5a0d6c393382573b1.jpg?width=550&format=jpg)
![Mini image](https://images.finch-and-co.co.uk/FinchMedia/Object/48f1229a00d34f0dbe81f66a100328ed.jpg?width=550&format=jpg)
![Mini image](https://images.finch-and-co.co.uk/FinchMedia/Object/42696f2dc83b4b8581d4efca14d57a82.jpg?width=550&format=jpg)
![Mini image](https://images.finch-and-co.co.uk/FinchMedia/Object/b31eebb0676c4ce68065a670e107fa9e.jpg?width=550&format=jpg)
![Mini image](https://images.finch-and-co.co.uk/FinchMedia/Object/7b7f6386b46740e5a0d6c393382573b1.jpg?width=550&format=jpg)