By Tametaka, signed Tametaka 為隆 Japan, Nagoya, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of compact form, the shishi in a recumbent posture with all four paws touching and the bushy tail sweeping up the back, the leg composition to the underside finely executed, the shishi letting out a roar with the fanged mouth wide open, containing a loose ball, and a fierce expression marked by large bulging eyes and wide flaring nostrils, the flaming mane, brows, and tail neatly incised, the underside with two asymmetrical himotoshi flanking the signature TAMETAKA. LENGTH 4.1 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear, age cracks. Provenance: Sotheby’s, 13 November 1986, London, lot 218. Ex-collection Jacques Carré acquired from Bonhams, 6 November 2012, London, lot 185. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related shishi by the same carver, though of larger size (5.4 cm long), at Sotheby’s, Japanese and Korean Art, 14 July 2005, London, lot 1048 (sold for 22,800 GBP). Literature comparison: For a very similar example, see Ducros, Alain (2006) Netsuke Art, Magie et Médecine, p. 268, fig. 433. For a related wood netsuke of a shishi by Tametaka, see Eskenazi (1973) Japanese Netsuke formerly in the collection of Dr. Robert L. Greene, London, p. 24, no. 50.
By Tametaka, signed Tametaka 為隆 Japan, Nagoya, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of compact form, the shishi in a recumbent posture with all four paws touching and the bushy tail sweeping up the back, the leg composition to the underside finely executed, the shishi letting out a roar with the fanged mouth wide open, containing a loose ball, and a fierce expression marked by large bulging eyes and wide flaring nostrils, the flaming mane, brows, and tail neatly incised, the underside with two asymmetrical himotoshi flanking the signature TAMETAKA. LENGTH 4.1 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear, age cracks. Provenance: Sotheby’s, 13 November 1986, London, lot 218. Ex-collection Jacques Carré acquired from Bonhams, 6 November 2012, London, lot 185. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related shishi by the same carver, though of larger size (5.4 cm long), at Sotheby’s, Japanese and Korean Art, 14 July 2005, London, lot 1048 (sold for 22,800 GBP). Literature comparison: For a very similar example, see Ducros, Alain (2006) Netsuke Art, Magie et Médecine, p. 268, fig. 433. For a related wood netsuke of a shishi by Tametaka, see Eskenazi (1973) Japanese Netsuke formerly in the collection of Dr. Robert L. Greene, London, p. 24, no. 50.
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