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A small ivory netsuke of a shishi
By Risuke Garaku, Osaka, late 18th century

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

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A small ivory netsuke of a shishi

By Risuke Garaku, Osaka, late 18th century
Recumbent, its head turned to the left as it scratches its ear, its open mouth bearing a loose ball and its legs drawn in to form a compact composition, the rather worn ivory bears a fine patina and the eye pupils are inlaid, faintly signed in an irregular reserve Garaku. 4.7cm (1 7/8in).

Footnotes

象牙彫根付 獅子(口遊玉含) 銘「我楽」 18世紀後期

Provenance: Joseph and Edith Kurstin collection.

Published: Barbra Teri Okada and Mary Gardner Neill, Real and Imaginary Beings, Yale, New Haven, 1980, p.34, no.5.
Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.13, no.7.

Exhibited: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980.

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