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An ivory netsuke of a shishi Kyoto, late 18th century image 1
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Lot 14*,Y

An ivory netsuke of a shishi
Kyoto, late 18th century

8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An ivory netsuke of a shishi

Kyoto, late 18th century
Seated, scratching behind its right ear with its hind paw and with open mouth containing a loose ball, the tail and mane carved with heavy curls and the smooth body with a knobbly surface, the slightly-worn ivory bears a good patina and the eye pupils are inlaid, unsigned. 6cm (2 3/8in)

Footnotes

象牙彫根付 獅子(口遊玉含) 無銘 18世紀後期

Provenance: Mrs Isobel Sharpe collection.
G. R. Norton collection.
M. T. Hindson collection.
Martin Newstead collection.
Jacques Carré collection.

Published: Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, p.328, no.1004.
Japanese Netsuke from the Carré collection, Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1993, no.144.
Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.8, no.1.

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