A large wood seal-type netsuke of a shishi. 19th centurySeated with a curly mane and tail on a rectangular base in the manner of a koma-inu, the guardian dogs of Japanese shrines, the mouth slightly open. Height 4.8 cmProvenienzCollection Werner DammThrough Grete Damm, Munich, May 1983Coll. no. 517 (printed and handwritten)A large wood seal-type netsuke of a shishi. 19th centurySeated with a curly mane and tail on a rectangular base in the manner of a koma-inu, the guardian dogs of Japanese shrines, the mouth slightly open. Height 4.8 cm