An ivory group of a tigress and cub, school of Tomotada, Kyoto, late 18th/early 19th century

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

4.2cm., 1 5/8 in.

the former seated, her head turned to the right and bearing a glowering expression as her offspring reclines at her feet, looking up, the lightly stained ivory slightly worn and the eye pupils inlaid, inscribed in a rectangular reserve Tomotada

Provenance

Sold in these rooms, 18th-20th July 1966, lot 474

Literature

Bernard Hurtig, Masterpieces of Netsuke Art, p.191, no.798