λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF SHISHI EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD

λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF SHISHI

EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

The lion dogs depicted in a variety of positions, all with long scrolling manes, two resting their front paws on brocade balls, two others bearing their teeth revealing a small movable ball inside their mouths; the last depicting two shishi playfighting, one netsuke signed Okakoto and another Okatori, 5.8cm max. (5)

Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.