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A WOOD NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED MINKO AND WITH KAKIHAN
The boxwood netsuke carved as a tiger and cub, the open-jawed tiger turned to the left to regard a cub climbing on its back, the himotoshi formed by the paws, the striped fur well defined and the eyes inlaid in brass with horn pupils, signed on the underside- 1 3/8 in. (3.7 cm.) long
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED MINKO AND WITH KAKIHAN
The boxwood netsuke carved as a tiger and cub, the open-jawed tiger turned to the left to regard a cub climbing on its back, the himotoshi formed by the paws, the striped fur well defined and the eyes inlaid in brass with horn pupils, signed on the underside- 1 3/8 in. (3.7 cm.) long