λ A LARGE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER

λ A LARGE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Depicted seated on its haunches, turning its head to the left and with its long tail curled over its back; the detail of its fur naturalistically depicted and with the eyes inlaid, signed in a rectangular tablet underneath, possibly Fumiyoshi, 4.7cm.

Provenance: formerly in the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Purchased from Gallery de Chine, 1st January 1978. A copy of the invoice is available.

Ivory Act 2018 exemption certificate, ref. PDJ43MEM.