A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-1
A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-2
A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-3
A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-4
A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-5
A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-1A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-2A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-3A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-4A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century - image-5

Lot 1096 Dα

A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
16.06.2018, 16:31 - The Papp Collection of Netsuke
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.400 €

A very fine Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a lively shishi and cub. Early 19th century

A small shishi climbs over the back of the reclining parent animal, which raises its head, the mouth open wide, both animals looking in opposite directions. The eye pupils of the larger animal of black horn.
Height 2.8 cm; length 4.6 cm

Provenance

Purchased from Pollmer, Munich, July 1975
The Papp Collection (no. 603)