Meiji period (late 19th century) Of mokko form with a lacquered ground in gold hiramakie, takamakie and kirikane, depicting a scene of skeletons reveling, the central skeleton seated dressed in flowing robes and wearing a Chinese judge's hat clutching a massive sake bowl while others dance, joined by other creatures, the reverse with a rat pulling on the tail of another who is wearing a string bean as a sword while a third plays musical woodblocks beneath a flowering branch, all inlaid in mother-of-pearl, ivory and coral, the rim in silver 5in (12.7cm) high
Meiji period (late 19th century) Of mokko form with a lacquered ground in gold hiramakie, takamakie and kirikane, depicting a scene of skeletons reveling, the central skeleton seated dressed in flowing robes and wearing a Chinese judge's hat clutching a massive sake bowl while others dance, joined by other creatures, the reverse with a rat pulling on the tail of another who is wearing a string bean as a sword while a third plays musical woodblocks beneath a flowering branch, all inlaid in mother-of-pearl, ivory and coral, the rim in silver 5in (12.7cm) high
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.jpg "Source: Christie's")
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