Snake sitting on a skull
- Medium
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- 1 9/16 × 7/8 × 1 3/16 in. (3.97 × 2.22 × 3.02 cm)
- Genre
- Accessories
Tags
Japan
About
In the Chinese zodiac calendar, 2025 is the year of the snake. The snake represents wisdom, intelligence, and gracefulness. Snakes were not a popular motif in Japanese art and are especially rare in paintings. Instead, they appear in three-dimensional works like wood and ivory carvings.
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![Netsuke [macaque with chestnut]](https://1.api.artsmia.org/30418.jpg)
![Netsuke [Shigen and Kensin fighting]](https://1.api.artsmia.org/30518.jpg)
