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Maker(s):Unknown (style of Shigemasa)
Culture:Japanese
Title:Shishi with ball
Date Made:18th century
Type:Netsuke/Inro/Ojima
Materials:Ivory; carved with pigment
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Accession Number:  MH 1986.30.37
Credit Line:William Richter Collection, Gift of Margaret Ruth Richter (Class of 1939)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
An ivory Japanese netsuke of a shishi ("lion-dog") holding a ball, resting its head and front claws on top and opening its mouth ferociously.

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