TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 One carved as a shishi resting its forepaws on a ball

TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

MEIJI 1868-1912

One carved as a shishi resting its forepaws on a ball, raising its head and baring its teeth, signed Hidekazu, the other depicting a shishi with its cub, its mouth opened to reveal a small loose ball, unsigned, 4cm max. (2)

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, p.137, where other netsuke baring Hidekazu's signature are illustrated.