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Lot 291
  • 291

Netsuke d'un shishi en ivoire Japon, XVIIIE siècle

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • ivory
la chimère rugissante couchée, la crinière et la queue touffues très finement sculptées, les yeux exorbités et incrustés, la gueule entrouverte laissant apparaître les crocs et le tama mobile dans sa gueule

Provenance

Eskenazi Ltd., London, 29th April 1966.

Condition

This netsuke is in overall good condition with the exception of one "canine" missing.
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