TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE OF MYTHICAL CREATURES

TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE OF MYTHICAL CREATURES

EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

The first in wood and depicting a shishi, the lion dog seated on its haunches and with its head raised, a minute three character signature under its paw; the other in stag antler and depicting a kirin on an oval base, with fire wisps between its legs and long horns curving towards its back, unsigned, 6cm and 5.5cm respectively. (2)