A carved ivory netsuke of a small shishi

Description:

Japan, early 19th c.
H. 2,6 cm
Looking to the side and scratching its lower jaw. The mane falls in fine strands over the lean back. Unsigned.
From an old private collection in the Hunsrück region, acquired in the 1990s - Publ. in: Lempertz Köln, auction 697, 26/27 Nov. 1993, lot 797 - The EU trade certificate for the sale of this lot has been granted - Few fine material cracks