Project Description
Wood Netsuke of a Shishi, Tamba School
The design derived from an archaic censer, a loose ball in the mouth
Unsigned. Circa 1850
Height: 3.7 cm
Information:
Variants include one signed by Toyomasa in the Kurstin colleciton, Miami
Provenance:
Anonymous London sales, Sotheby’s, 12th November 1987, lot 170 and Bonhams, 16th May 2013, lot 60
Jacques Carré collection
MR3119