Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 392
λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF SHISHI EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3800
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Description
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.