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Japan - Wood Netsuke representing Shi-Shi with ball, Edo Period

Japan
Wood Netsuke representing Shi-Shi with ball, Edo period (1615-1868) / C.1825

Depicted is a seated roaring Shishi with bared fangs, eyes with inlaid pupils and dense finely carved bushy curls covering its tail, beard and head. The Shi-shi holds a brocade ball between two paws and has its head turned.

The underside with natural himotoshi.

Signed MASATOMO within a rectangular reserve
School : Nagoya

A small part of the base has been restored, otherwise very good condition.
Provenance : French private collection


Dimensions : 3.5 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm

Edo : (1603 – 1868). Sometimes refered as Tokugawa period, is the period of the Tokugawa shogunate.The period came to an end with the Meiji Restoration in 1868. The period is named after the name of the capital of the shogunate, nowdays Tokyo

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