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An ivory netsuke of a tigress and cub School of Tomotada, Kyoto, late 18th century image 1
An ivory netsuke of a tigress and cub School of Tomotada, Kyoto, late 18th century image 2
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).

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象牙彫根付 親子虎 銘「友忠」 18世紀後期

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