Title: Skeleton Astride a Skull
Object type: Netsuke
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Rantei 
Artist bio: Japanese,
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); D. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Classification: Netsuke
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Skeletons, term: Skulls