Lot 205 N‡α

An ivory netsuke of a tiger. First half 19th century

Seated with forelegs wide apart, and looking back toward its tail placed over his back, the numerous stripes reserved from the finely incised and black stained fur, the mouth accentuated with red pigments, the eye pupils of black horn. The right foreleg replaced.
Height 2.3 cm; length 4.8 cm