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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MITSUHIDE
Details
A Kyoto-School Wood Netsuke
Edo period (19th century), signed Mitsuhide
Carved as a seated tiger with his head lowered and turned to the left, his long tail coiled around his front paws, his mouth open bearing sharp teeth, his stripes rendered with finely incised lines stained black; eyes inlaid in dark horn
1¾in. (4.3cm.) high
Edo period (19th century), signed Mitsuhide
Carved as a seated tiger with his head lowered and turned to the left, his long tail coiled around his front paws, his mouth open bearing sharp teeth, his stripes rendered with finely incised lines stained black; eyes inlaid in dark horn
1¾in. (4.3cm.) high
Exhibited
Charles Vignier, Paris
Marianne Densmore, Paris
Demaree and Dorothy Bess
Charles A. Greenfield, sold Sotheby's, New York, Japanese Works of Art from the Collection of the Late Charles A. Greenfield, Part II, 18 September, 1998, lot 55
Marianne Densmore, Paris
Demaree and Dorothy Bess
Charles A. Greenfield, sold Sotheby's, New York, Japanese Works of Art from the Collection of the Late Charles A. Greenfield, Part II, 18 September, 1998, lot 55