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FIVE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF SHISHI FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18 CENTURY AND LATER
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The lion dogs depicted in a variety of positions, two with brocade balls, one The largest of flattened form with a large peony flower to the reverse;
signed Masamitsu; another resting its front paws on a mokugyo bell before another with traces of lacquer resting against a cushion; the third with its
it, the fourth with its pup on its back and the last on a square base made front paws on a large ball and with a smaller one in its mouth; the fourth
of seals and with a movable ring, the faces carved with various characters, recumbent and baring its teeth, 9.4cm max. (4)
5.8cm max. (5)
£600-1,000
£400-600
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.
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FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF FELINES FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18 CENTURY AND LATER EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18 CENTURY AND LATER
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Two depicting tigers, one tall and seated on its haunches, the other Two carved as tanuki racoon dogs, one reclining with its belly lacquered
recumbent and signed Masamitsu; the other two carved as cats, one on a and the other dressed in a kimono and reading a book open on its enlarged
rectangular base with a small rat in its mouth and the other licking its back scrotum; the third a kirin on an oblong base, and the last a man surprised by
paw, 5.8cm max. (4) his tea kettle turning into a tanuki, 5cm. (4)
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £300-500
£200-300 Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.

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