Lot 1239 Dα

A large sandalwood okimono-type netsuke of five frolicking shishi. Late 19th century

One shishi bites into the back of a larger shishi, while three young animals surround the parent animals, one of them holding up a brocade ball with very long ribbons. All eye pupils of black glass. Inscribed Getchû in a raised reserve.
Height 3.8 cm; width 5.5 cm