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A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO SHISHI
By Tametaka, Nagoya, 18th century
The two shishi seated, curled around each other, their heads resting
on each other’s backs, one with a loose ball inside its open mouth,
their voluminous curly tails trailing behind, the wood stained dark and
slightly worn; signed on the underside of one foot Tametaka.
4cm (1 9/16in).
£15,000 - 20,000
JPY2,100,000 - 2,800,000
US$20,000 - 26,000
木彫根付 獅子 銘「為隆」 18世紀
Provenance:
Harriet Szechenyi Collection.
Purchased in these rooms, 8 November 2011, lot 29.
Published:
Bandini, SON, p.15, no.20.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE NETSUKE | 81
