NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT UN TIGRE Par Shugasai Toyokazu, Tanba, XIXe siècle

NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT UN TIGRE Par Shugasai Toyokazu, Tanba, XIXe siècle A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER By Shugasai Toyokazu, Tanba, 19th century The sabre-tooth tiger seated, turning left to look back, its long tail passing forward on the right side of its back, the tiger's stripes finely detailed, the eyes inlaid; signed in an incised oval reserve Toyokazu . 3.8cm (1½in) long. Footnotes: 木彫根付　虎　銘「豊一」　19世紀 Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's, London, 20 May 1959, lot 70. E. E. Simmons Collection. Sold at Sotheby's, London, 28 April 1970, lot 78. Martin S. Newstead Collection. Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 24 October 1984, lot 88. Published: Hurtig, MNA, p.150, no.606. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com