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An ivory netsuke of a shishi and cubs
By Toshihide (Juei), 19th century

8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
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An ivory netsuke of a shishi and cubs

By Toshihide (Juei), 19th century
The former recumbent, her head turned to the left as she rests a protective paw on a ball, one cub lying at her feet while another clambers over her back, the slightly worn ivory bearing a light stain, signed in an oval reserve Toshinaga (Juei). 3.8cm (1½in).

Footnotes

象牙彫根付 親子獅子 銘「壽永」 19世紀

Published: Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.14, no.11.

For a similar example by Toshinaga, see George Lazarnick, ibid., p.1175.
A somewhat similar, unsigned netsuke is illustrated by Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, p.148, no.440.

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