


Lot 57Y
An ivory netsuke of a tigress and cub School of Tomotada, Kyoto, late 18th century
10 November 2011, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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An ivory netsuke of a tigress and cub
School of Tomotada, Kyoto, late 18th century
The former seated, her head lowered to the right and her tail passing over her right flank as she rests one forepaw protectively on the back of her recumbent offspring, the whole powerfully rendered in well-patinated and slightly-worn ivory, the eye pupils inlaid, signed in a rectangular reserve Tomotada. 4½cm x 5.4cm (1¾in x 2 1/8in).
The former seated, her head lowered to the right and her tail passing over her right flank as she rests one forepaw protectively on the back of her recumbent offspring, the whole powerfully rendered in well-patinated and slightly-worn ivory, the eye pupils inlaid, signed in a rectangular reserve Tomotada. 4½cm x 5.4cm (1¾in x 2 1/8in).
Footnotes
象牙彫根付 親子虎 銘「友忠」 18世紀後期