Mar 16, 2015 10:00 EST
Asian Works of Art
15
Two Japanese Architectural Wood Busts of Shi Shi
Edo Period
Expressively carved with bulging eyes and flared nostrils, under curled manes, the front legs outstretched, one modeled with the mouth open, the other closed, carved with deep ridges simulating fur. Lengths 11 3/4 inches.
Provenance:
Vallin Galleries, Wilton, CT
Sold for $1,500
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Includes Buyer's Premium
Two Japanese Architectural Wood Busts of Shi Shi
Edo Period
Expressively carved with bulging eyes and flared nostrils, under curled manes, the front legs outstretched, one modeled with the mouth open, the other closed, carved with deep ridges simulating fur. Lengths 11 3/4 inches.
Provenance:
Vallin Galleries, Wilton, CT
Both with scattered age cracks. One with a more prominent horizontal age crack along right shoulder and a missing section on the left back shoulder on the top. The other with a more prominent age crack along the top of the head. Both with wear and some small chips to tip of claws. Wear to black pigment on eyes.
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Auction: Asian Works of Art, Mar 16, 2015
