




Lot 30*
A wood netsuke of a seated shishi Attributed to Risuke Garaku, Osaka, late 18th/early 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,000 inc. premium
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Attributed to Risuke Garaku, Osaka, late 18th/early 19th century
Seated with its head turned spiritedly back to the left, a loose ball in its open mouth, its forelegs extended and its hind legs drawn in for compactness, one forming the himotoshi, the slightly-worn wood bears a fine patina and the eye pupils are inlaid, signed in an oval reserve Garaku. 4.2cm (1 5/8in).
Seated with its head turned spiritedly back to the left, a loose ball in its open mouth, its forelegs extended and its hind legs drawn in for compactness, one forming the himotoshi, the slightly-worn wood bears a fine patina and the eye pupils are inlaid, signed in an oval reserve Garaku. 4.2cm (1 5/8in).
Footnotes
木彫根付 獅子(口遊玉含) 銘「我楽」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Provenance: Peter Müller collection.
Purchased at Christie's London, 23rd November 1983, lot 32.
Published: Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.13, no.8.
For a very similar example, see George Lazarnick, ibid., p.397.