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Lot 55Ф,Y

Two ivory netsuke of Shoki the Demon-queller
Edo period (1615-1868) to Meiji era (1868-1912), 18th to 19th century

23 February 2022, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Two ivory netsuke of Shoki the Demon-queller

Edo period (1615-1868) to Meiji era (1868-1912), 18th to 19th century
The first Shoki grappling with a Chinese mythical lion, the lion's open mouth containing a loose ball, unsigned, 3.2cm (1¼in) long; the second Shoki standing and playing a flute, signed Tadatane, 3.5cm (1½in) high. (2).

Footnotes

Provenance:
The first: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 11 November 2004, lot 1331 (part lot).
The second: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 12 June 2003, lot 257 (part lot).

Please note that from 19 January 2022, items containing ivory cannot be imported into the EU. The import of ivory into the USA and China is already prohibited.

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