TIGER AND CUBS BY ISHIKAWA KOMEI

Estimate

8,000 - 8,500 GBP

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Description

TIGER AND CUBSBY ISHIKAWA KOMEI
Signed on an inlaid pearl tablet Komei
Wood and ivory
3.5cm., 1 3/8 in.

The tiger seated, three small cubs playing at her side while another clambers on her back, on a wood base, simulating rockwork with patches of moss inlaid in pale wood and hardstones.

Provenance

W.L. Behrens Collection, no.1556, illustrated in the catalogue, pl.XXIX
Guest Collection, no.1574
Corbin Collection
M.T. Hindson Collection

Literature

Illustrated, The Meinertzhagen Card Index, p.379.
Illustrated, Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, p.139, no.416.