A WHALEBONE MEMENTO MORI, Probably American, 19th century, depicting a fully articulated grinning skeleton sitting in an upright position looking out from a black silk lined open casket (casket lid separated)--3½in. high, 8¼in. long, 2¾in. wide

细节
A WHALEBONE MEMENTO MORI, Probably American, 19th century, depicting a fully articulated grinning skeleton sitting in an upright position looking out from a black silk lined open casket (casket lid separated)--3½in. high, 8¼in. long, 2¾in. wide
来源
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 15 February 1980, lot 1365
George Schoellkopf
出版
Antiques and the Arts Weekly, "Americana At Sotheby Parke Bernet," (14 March 1980) p. 48