Japanese & Korean Art - 23 May 2018
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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.


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