105. OBI-HASAMI NETSUKE EN BOIS DE CERF REPRÉSENTANT UN SHISHI Asakusa, XIXe siècle A STAG-ANTLER OBI-HASAMI NETSUKE OF A SHISHI (CHINESE MYTHICAL LION) Asakusa, 19th century Carved with a rounded square stylised shishi head, the simplified and lanky body with its forelegs raised, the bowed hind legs tapering into tightly curled paws, the himotoshi at each side of the shishi's mouth, with a small bone seal and metal container of red seal paste; unsigned. 10.7cm (4 3/16in) high. 鹿角彫帯挟根付　獅子　無銘　19世紀 Provenance: Purchased from Alain Ducros, October 1987. For a somewhat similar example, see Eskenazi, PEC, p.158, no.194. Another somewhat similar example from the Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection was sold at Christie's, London, 18 October 1988, lot 266. Further examples are illustrated by Sydney L. Moss, KTG, pp.258-9, no.219, and in INSJ, vol.18, no.4, inside back cover, and ibid., vol.20, no.3, p.36.