Japanese Wood Netsuke: Tiger & Shishi Lion Group
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Two wood Japanese netsuke, Meiji period (1868-1912), the first a Tanba school style model of a tiger in wood, its tail curled around the body and eyes inlaid in horn and the legs joined forming the himotoshi, unsigned. The second a well carved boxwood Shishi (Chinese lion) group sitting in a protective stance, eyes movable, unsigned, 3.5 cm high & 3 cm high
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- Boxwood - Boxwood is a hard, yellow coloured, close grained timber. In the 19th century it was often used for inlays, especially stringing, because of its contrasting colour to the darker timbers of the carcase. Stringing is the inlay of a narrow strip of veneer of a lighter colour, such as boxwood along or close to the edges of an object that has been veneered in a darker timber such as mahogany.
Because of its fine grain and resistnce to splitting or chipping it has also been used for treen, turnings, carvings and other small wooden items, such as chess pieces.
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