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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SEATED TIGER A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER
By Hakuryu II, 19th century AND YOUNG By Kokei, Kuwana, Ise Province,
The tiger seated, its head turned to the right By Kokei, Kuwana, Ise Province, late 18th century
snarling, its long tail passing forward over late 18th/early 19th century The tiger seated, facing forward, its tail
its back, one leg forming the himotoshi, the The parent prowling on a large rock, one cub passing forward onto its back, the stripes
wood stained for effect, the eyes inlaid with resting on top, the other sitting below under stained in ink, the eyes inlaid in dark horn;
mother-of-pearl; signed Hakuryu. an overhanging ledge, forming a compact signed in a polished reserve Kokei.
3cm (1 3/16in). composition, the dark stained wood slightly 3.4cm (1 5/16in).
worn; signed Kokei. 3.3cm (1 5/16in).
£1,000 - 1,500 £1,500 - 2,000
JPY140,000 - 210,000 £2,500 - 3,000 JPY210,000 - 280,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 JPY350,000 - 420,000 US$2,000 - 2,600
US$3,300 - 3,900
木彫根付 虎 銘「白龍」 19世紀 木彫根付 虎 銘「虎渓」 18世紀後期
木彫根付 親子虎 銘「虎渓」
Provenance: 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Provenance:
Purchased at Alain Ducros, Paris, Sydney L. Moss.
December 1982. Provenance: Purchased at Tajan, Paris, November 1995,
Purchased at Malcolm Fairley, London, lot 248.
Exhibited: November 2010.
Alain Ducros, Paris, December 1982.
Another example of a tiger with two young by
the artist is illustrated by F. Meinertzhagen,
MCI, p.364.

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