A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A STANDING LION-DOG

Lot 149
17.09.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1301558
Lot 149 | A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A STANDING LION-DOG
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$ 3 000 – 4 000
A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A STANDING LION-DOG
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.
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