| Antique
Japanese Stag Antler Netsuke
New Year Shishimai
Monkey Lion
Dance Unsigned. Circa: early 19th Century
H.
2.75 in.(7cm), W. 0.75 in.(2cm), D. 0.75 in.(2cm)
Condition: excellent!
An expressive monkey dancing with a lion head in this antique antler netsuke, in yellow gold cream colored with age patina, and deeply engraved with sumi. The monkey, although it is one of the twelve zodiacal animals, is generally not esteemed as a noble creature, but rather one that must be indulged, with all its trickery and mischief, lest it fail to thwart the demons it influences, and cause bad luck. Here the monkey is crouching, dancing beneath a bamboo and paper mache lion head, perhaps announcing the Zodiac New Year of the Monkey in a Shishimai. The work is nicely variegated in color, tactile with glossy highlights from handling.
Estimated
Value: $400 •
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text/call: 510-556-3555
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