ID 1301558
Lot 149 | A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A STANDING LION-DOG
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 4 000
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Finely carved in a shishi (lion-dog) standing with feet close, the form derived from an archaic bronze incense burner, in the mouth with a moveable wood ball, the eyes inlaid in amber and dark cowhorn; unsigned
1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) tall
Literature
R. Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar (New York: 1975). Pp. 202, no. 608.
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Edo period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | netsuke |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Edo period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | netsuke |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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