Lot 1003 D‡α

A large ivory netsuke of two shishi. Late 18th century

The reclining parent animal, with a curly mane and tail and an open mouth with a moveable ball inside, raises its left forepaw, a small shishi on its back and looking in the opposite direction. The eye pupils of both animals of black horn.
Height 2.8 cm; length 6 cm