λ A Japanese ivory netsuke 19th century

£1,300 - £1,500 £1,300

λ A Japanese ivory netsuke 19th century, carved as two shishi fighting, one lying on its back, the other clambering on top, the details of their fur stained, signed Tomochika, 4.3cm.

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, pp.885-93 for other examples of netsuke by Tomochika and a biography where the subject of two shishi fighting is mentioned.