Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 393
λ SEVEN JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF SHISHI EDO PERIOD AND LATER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £950
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Description
λ SEVEN JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF SHISHI
EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
The lion dogs depicted in a variety of positions, one on a mokugyo bell signed Tomochika, another coming out of its egg, the third reclining over a large ball and one with its pup, signed Hojitsu, 4.5cm max. (7)
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.