A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER EDO/MEIJI PERIOD The feline seated on its haunches

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER

EDO/MEIJI PERIOD

The feline seated on its haunches, with the head turned and baring its teeth, its long tail resting against its back and with the pupils inlaid, signed Gyokurintei in an oval reserve underneath, 3.5cm.

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, pp.99-100 for other netsuke by Gyokurintei.