An Osaka school ivory netsuke of a shishi. Mid-19th century - image-1

Lot 1306 Dα

An Osaka school ivory netsuke of a shishi. Mid-19th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
05.06.2015, 14:00 - Japanese Art - Netsuke, Okimono, Lacquer and Sagemono, Sword Decoration
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €

An Osaka school ivory netsuke of a shishi. Mid-19th century

An Osaka school ivory netsuke of a shishi sitting on a high Chinese table, a ball underneath his paw. Signed Shigemasa. Mid-19th century.
Height 4.1 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Munich, acquired at Offermann & Schmitz, Wuppertal, 1971