TWO LARGE WOOD NETSUKE OF SHISHI

TWO LARGE WOOD NETSUKE OF SHISHI

EDO AND MEIJI PERIODS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

The first lion dog depicted on an octagonal plinth, each side with an inscription; the beast bares its fangs in a snarl as a multitude of small chidori birds perch on its back, signed underneath; the second shishi sitting on its haunches and scratching its ear with its hind leg, unsigned, 4.2cm and 5.5cm respectively. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent. See Japanese Works of Art, 1st July 2020, for the first part of this private collection of netsuke sold in these rooms.