Netsuke of a finely engraved ivory tiger

Description:

Japan, signed Hakuryû, Meiji period
H. 3,2 cm, B. 4,2 cm
Sitting, holding a cub under his left paw, the head turned backwards over his left shoulder, signed right beside the tail in a reserve.
From an old private collection Rhineland, collected before 1985, coll. no. 9 (with note 9/ (19)73 Laudenbach) - The EU trade certificate for the sale of this lot is available - Well preserved