Lot 14*,Y
An ivory netsuke of a shishi Kyoto, late 18th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £265,250 inc. premium
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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)
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.