Mataichi wood netsuke
18th century
shishimai mask
length 1 3/4 in., 4.6 cm
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bold carved shishi mask with articulated jaw which opens to reveal a curling tongue, signed Mataichi
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For a similar study of a shishi mask signed Mataichi see Lazarnick Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures, Vol. I, p. 749.
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$5,600
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