A good, partly stained ivory netsuke of a seated shishi dancer. Early 19th century - image-1

Lot 1099 Dα

A good, partly stained ivory netsuke of a seated shishi dancer. Early 19th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
05.06.2015, 14:00 - Japanese Art - Netsuke, Okimono, Lacquer and Sagemono, Sword Decoration
Estimate: 1.800 € - 2.400 €
Result: 2.232 € (incl. premium)

A good, partly stained ivory netsuke of a seated shishi dancer. Early 19th century

Seated and wearing trousers and a jacket with a star pattern, the boy is about to lift a large shishi mask above his head, the mask cloth with an attached bushy tail and engraved with hair tufts. One eye pupil of the mask of black horn.
Height 4.1 cm

Provenance

Joseph (Joe) Kurstin, Miami, FL (sold at Nagel, Stuttgart, 13.11.2007, lot 2664)