Lot Essay
The shishi or karashishi derives from the Chinese lion-dog and is generally found in a pair at the entrance to a temple. The male is usually depicted with it jaws open.
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Pair of Kakiemon Models of Karashishi
Late 17th Century
Each decorated in vivid coloured enamels of yellow, blue, red and black, one with it's mouth slightly opened and the other closed, each with a bell around its neck and seated on their hindquarters, (both with some restoration)
Each approx. 29.5cm. high (2)
Late 17th Century
Each decorated in vivid coloured enamels of yellow, blue, red and black, one with it's mouth slightly opened and the other closed, each with a bell around its neck and seated on their hindquarters, (both with some restoration)
Each approx. 29.5cm. high (2)
Literature
A similar model, painted in a different palette, is illustrated in Nihon no Bi, Vol.10, Kareinaru Ko-Imari, no.40.
A smaller model of a shishi is illustrated, Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, pl.62B
A smaller model of a shishi is illustrated, Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, pl.62B
Exhibited
A smaller pair on bases from the collection formed by Lady Betty Germain at Drayton House, Northants, are illustrated Kakiemon Porcelain from the English Country House, 1989, no. 24, Hinton M., Impey O.I.