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An Ivory and a Lacquered-Wood Netsuke**
Edo Period (19th century), the second with signature Gyokusai
The first carved as a tiger with her cub climbing playfully on her back, the distinctive patterns on the animals' coats rendered with finely incised lines, the eyes inlaid in horn; the second of a tiger seated with her paw resting protectively on the back of her cub, the mother lacquered gold with black stripes and the young tiger gold with golden-brown stripes
1½in. (3.8cm.) long; 1in. (2.5cm.) high (2)
Edo Period (19th century), the second with signature Gyokusai
The first carved as a tiger with her cub climbing playfully on her back, the distinctive patterns on the animals' coats rendered with finely incised lines, the eyes inlaid in horn; the second of a tiger seated with her paw resting protectively on the back of her cub, the mother lacquered gold with black stripes and the young tiger gold with golden-brown stripes
1½in. (3.8cm.) long; 1in. (2.5cm.) high (2)
An Ivory and a Lacquered-Wood Netsuke**
Edo Period (19th century), the second with signature Gyokusai
The first carved as a tiger with her cub climbing playfully on her back, the distinctive patterns on the animals' coats rendered with finely incised lines, the eyes inlaid in horn; the second of a tiger seated with her paw resting protectively on the back of her cub, the mother lacquered gold with black stripes and the young tiger gold with golden-brown stripes
1½in. (3.8cm.) long; 1in. (2.5cm.) high (2)
Edo Period (19th century), the second with signature Gyokusai
The first carved as a tiger with her cub climbing playfully on her back, the distinctive patterns on the animals' coats rendered with finely incised lines, the eyes inlaid in horn; the second of a tiger seated with her paw resting protectively on the back of her cub, the mother lacquered gold with black stripes and the young tiger gold with golden-brown stripes
1½in. (3.8cm.) long; 1in. (2.5cm.) high (2)
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