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Fine Antique Japanese Meiji Wooden Memento Mori Skull & Snake Humidor Jar 19th C

£450.00 + postage

Wonderful antique Japanese wooden ‘memento mori’ jar or humidor in the form of a human skull with coiling snake coming out of its eye sockets and coming face to face with a frog seated on top. Really lovely example of its type, likely made during the late 19th century.

In good antique condition with minor age-related wear and typical tension lines as photographed.

Height: 17.5 cm

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Wonderful antique Japanese wooden ‘memento mori’ jar or humidor in the form of a human skull with coiling snake coming out of its eye sockets and coming face to face with a frog seated on top. Really lovely example of its type, likely made during the late 19th century.

In good antique condition with minor age-related wear and typical tension lines as photographed.

Height: 17.5 cm

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Identification of Asian Antiques. Translation of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Marks