A Very Rare Half-Size Japanese Papier-Mâché Anatomical Model c.1900-20 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope old photos

old photos

both raised on red marble mottled bases

fresh condition

both hand-painted in black over fiery burnished gold banners with frosted necks and surviving from the third quarter of the nineteenth century

The very scarce early Victorian knife being beautifully horn shafted

A Very Rare Half-Size Japanese Papier-Mâché Anatomical Model c.1900-20 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope old photosaOrigin: Japanese Period: Meiji Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Height: 51 Depth: 12 Width: 16 The scarce half life size Japanese anatomical model, crafted in "Hariko" (papier mch), the front section and cranium opening to reveal the removable inner body parts and sections, each with Japanese characters, naming and explaining each piece, the individual pieces held with stick pins, the whole illustrating sectional views of the body, internal