Japanese Carved Boxwood Shi-shi

Japanese Carved Boxwood Shi-shiFinely carved, Japanese boxwood Shi-shi; standing four-square on ribbons, a small cub under chin, inlaid eyes (some losses; splits and cracks); L: 7 1/4"

Dimension: 22x12 cm Weight: 647 gram Introduction: This Japanese wood carving of a Shishi lion, with its flowing mane and expressive features, draws inspiration from the Meiji period's fascination wit

18th Century foo dog holding smaller dogs and bell. Circa 1770-1790. 6w x 2.5d x 5.5h

A Pair of Japanese Carved Gilt Wood Komainu and Shishi Guardian LionsEdo period (1615-1868), each lion is carved from a single piece of wood, their manes and eyebrows are painted in green and blue pig

Two Carved Wood Netsuke: Tiger & ShishiTwo Japanese carved wood netsuke: tiger sitting in attention with menacing face; together with a shishi balancing on a ball, signed

gilded, lacquered and painted, Edo/Meiji period, 17 1/2" tall, 23" long, 10 1/2" deep.

Pair of Antique Carved Wooden Shi-Shi. Japanese (Edo Period; late 18th century), each carved of himtosi (Japanese cypress) wood-one with closed mouth (femalei shi), the other with open mouth (male shi

Antique Japanese Carved Figure of a Seated Monk with Shi Shi, signed with chop mark underside, 8" h. 3 1/2" w. Note: This item must be picked-up from the gallery by a Florida resident or an agent assi

Antique Japanese Carved Wood DeskAntique Japanese carved wood desk; of rectangular form, with two drawers to the front and two to the back, elaborate dragon and Shi-shi motifs with inlaid eyes, Circa

Fine 18th century Japanese carved Taburi Netsuke carved in the form of a Shi Shi lion (Foo dog). Length: 4 cm.

JAPAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A Japanese carved wood relief panel of mythical beasts. The panel depicts a phoenix bird and Shishi lion amongst flowers and trees in high relief. Dimensions 17 3/4" by 37 3/

Japan, Edo period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A skillfully carved wooden shishi (or jishi - translates as "lion"), a noble mythological beast traditionally used as an architectural element placed under the

An appealing Japanese wood censer, carved in the form of a comical shi shi or foo dog, standing upright on four straight legs with knobby toes, and ending in a round hollowed body. The shi shi’s fac

(lot of 4) Japanese three wooden carved printing blocks, Edo period, entitled 'En shi ro shi sho', collection of poems by Hirose Tanso (1782-1856), in kanji (Chinese characters); togther with one long

A Cloisonne Vase and an Agate Pebble, 20th century, a Japanese ovoid vase decorated with birds and blooming trees on a dark blue enamel ground; and an oval pebble carved with two shishi amid foliage,

Japanese Red Lacquer Relief Panel, Early 20thc., of rectangular form deeply carved with a pair of shi-shi dogs frolicking through a landscape of peonies, in a fretwork carved frame. Dimensions: 12 x 2

Two Wood Shishi Lion Figures, Japanese, circa 19th century, Meiji/Taisho period. Each is robustly carved, depicting the animal seated with either an open or closed mouth, adorned with traces of white

Comical Japanese Mingei Wood Censer, 19th C. Carved wood and pigment. In the form of shi shi or foo dog with bulging eyes, toothy grin and extended tongue. The hinged head, when closed back over the b

Antique Japanese iron tsuba; the squared shape beautifully carved sunken relief design of a highly animated Shi-shi with an inlaid gold eye; the verso with a gold chrysanthemum and bud, also in sunken

Two Asian carved wood decorationsIncluding a likely Japanese rectangular gilt and wood carving of shishi dogs amid blooming foliage reversed by crashing wave patterns, and a Chinese giltwood architect

A LARGE JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY OKIMONO, together with a fitted wood stand, carved in the form of a man standing on a shi-shi and holding aloft a censer from which issues forth an Immortal, 14.7in

Japan; Edo period, ca. late 18th century Very attractive depiction, sensitively carved and with excellent warm patina. Dimensions 15"(38cm) long.

A PAIR OF BLUE GLAZED EARTHENWARE SHISHI GUARDIAN LIONS, JAPANESE, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912), each with turquoise glaze over carved pinwheel fur, reticulated balls and flaming tails. Height: 9 1/2" Wid

Large Japanese Satsuma Pottery Baluster Vase, 20th c., with lion's mask-ring handles, decorated with Arhats in raised relief with shishi and crane within a mountainous landscape, with a carved hardwoo