Project Description
Dark Stained Ivory Netsuke of a Tiger and Cub by Hakuryu I
The adult resting one large paw protectively over its cub and baring its very sharp teeth. The stripes are stained black and the eyes are inlaid in buffalo horn, those of the adult double inlays
Signed beneath. Circa 1830
Length: 3.7 cm
Provenance:
Elly Nordskog Collection, Thousand Oaks CA
MR3509
