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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER A SMALL WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER
After Tanaka Minko, Tsu, early 19th century After Tanaka Minko, Tsu, early 19th century By Ichimin, Nagoya, 19th century
Inscribed Minko. Inscribed Minko with a kao. Signed Ichimin with a kao.
3.8cm (1½in) wide. 4cm (1 5/8in) wide. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide.

£1,000 - 1,500 £2,000 - 3,000 £1,500 - 2,000
JPY150,000 - 220,000 JPY290,000 - 440,000 JPY220,000 - 290,000
US$1,400 - 2,100 US$2,800 - 4,100 US$2,100 - 2,800

木彫根付 虎 銘「岷江」 19世紀前期 木彫根付 虎 銘「岷江（花押）」 木彫根付 虎 銘「一岷（花押）」
19世紀前期 19世紀
Provenance:
Harriet Jaffé collection. Published: Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.89, no.K305. Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.29, no.K303
Published: (illustration transposed with no.K302).
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.89, no.K306. Seated, its head turned back to the right, its
legs drawn in for compactness and its tail Seated, looking up to the left and snarling
Seated, its head turned back to the left, its passing forward over the right flank, the wood with its left foreleg raised and its tail passing
tongue protruding and its legs drawn in, slightly worn and the eyes inlaid in mother-of- forward around the left flank, the slightly worn
forming a compact composition, the wood pearl with dark pupils. wood with a good patina.
lightly stained and the eyes inlaid in mother-of-
pearl with dark pupils. The work could be attributed to Tomin, of Somewhat similar examples are illustrated
which a somewhat similar example in the in Harris, HGBM, p.51, no.186 and
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.207.
illustrated in Julia Hutt, Japanese Netsuke,
V & A Publications, London, 2003, illustrated
on the front cover and on p.95, no.105.

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