Carved ivory netsuke skull with a snake resting on top

An image of Netsuke. A skull with a snake resting on top, after emerging from the eye socket. Unknown carver, Japan. Ivory, carving, 1900-2000.

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Netsuke. A skull with a snake resting on top, after emerging from the eye socket. Unknown carver, Japan. Ivory, carving, 1900-2000.

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Accession Number: O.91-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 969 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 452.55kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:04 02:23:45

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20th Century carved carving Fitz_AA ivory Japanese netsuke serpent skull skulls snake

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