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AN IVORY TIGER NETSUKE
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AN IVORY TIGER NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HAKURYU
Carved in the form of a tigress and two cubs, fur etched and stained dark, eyes inlaid in mother of pearl, signed on the back in a double gourd cartouche, himotoshi on the belly of tigress--1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) high
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HAKURYU
Carved in the form of a tigress and two cubs, fur etched and stained dark, eyes inlaid in mother of pearl, signed on the back in a double gourd cartouche, himotoshi on the belly of tigress--1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) high