Lot 1105 D‡α

Two ivory netsuke of a shishi. Late 18th/early 19th century

Both seated on their hind legs, placing their forepaws onto a large smooth ball, and looking straight ahead, b) with a large moveable ball in its open mouth and a shishi cub looking out from the ball, signed Hidemasa. In addition a hornbill netsuke of a shishi, inscribed Fukuda. (3)
Height 3.1 cm, 3.1 cm; 2.1 cm