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Lot 123*
A wood netsuke of a recumbent tiger By Tadakuni (circa 1810-1850), Nagoya, 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,500 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA wood netsuke of a recumbent tiger
By Tadakuni (circa 1810-1850), Nagoya, 19th century
Lying with its raised head turned to the left as it snarls a warning to predators, one foreleg outstretched and its tail passing around the left flank, forming the himotoshi, faintly signed with ukibori characters in a rectangular reserve Tadakuni. 4.8cm (1 7/8in).
Lying with its raised head turned to the left as it snarls a warning to predators, one foreleg outstretched and its tail passing around the left flank, forming the himotoshi, faintly signed with ukibori characters in a rectangular reserve Tadakuni. 4.8cm (1 7/8in).
Footnotes
木彫根付 虎 銘「忠國」 19世紀
Published: Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.73, no.99.
























