Tusk with Shishi

first half 19th century

Not on view

The front of this boar tusk netsuke is decorated with a shishi (guardian lion) and a cub. The back is embellished with a series of finely incised roundels of poet portraits and poems.

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Title: Tusk with Shishi
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: first half 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); D. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Classification: Netsuke
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
Object Number: 10.211.1159
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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