Unusual Antique Japanese Boxwood Skull Ojime
$2,300.00
Japanese boxwood ojime bead carving of a skull, finely detailed with realistic cranial fissures, missing teeth, pierced eye sockets and nasal cavity, with tiny handmade chisel marks visible under the jaw. The ojime is a cord fastening bead, used to secure an inro container to the wearer's obi or sash.
Edo period (1603-1868)
Dimensions: 1 1/2" x 1" x 1"
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