Asian Art II - 22nd May 2014
Lot 997
λ A Japanese ivory netsuke 19th century
Estimate £1,300 - £1,500 | Hammer £1300
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Description
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.