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Lot 130*,Y
An ivory netsuke of a tigress and cubs By Okatori, Kyoto, early 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £25,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn ivory netsuke of a tigress and cubs
By Okatori, Kyoto, early 19th century
The former seated, her head lowered as she plays with one cub while another sits at her side, scratching its cheek with one hind paw, one leg beneath forming the himotoshi, the well-patinated ivory is slightly worn and the eye pupils are inlaid, signed in a rectangular reserve Okatori. 4.5cm (1¾in).
The former seated, her head lowered as she plays with one cub while another sits at her side, scratching its cheek with one hind paw, one leg beneath forming the himotoshi, the well-patinated ivory is slightly worn and the eye pupils are inlaid, signed in a rectangular reserve Okatori. 4.5cm (1¾in).
Footnotes
象牙彫根付 親子虎 銘「岡隹」 19世紀前期
Published: George Lazarnick, ibid., p.853.
Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p71, no.90.
























