BART JANSZEN: TIGER
BART JANSZEN: TIGER
By Bart Janszen, signed with the artist's initials BJ
Netherlands, 2023
Seated, the boxwood netsuke carved with the feline's head lowered to the left as it looks back with a ferocious expression, the face carved with a wry smile, fangs poking through, and eyes double-inlaid with black and translucent horn. The body finely carved with stripes and its thick, well-carved tail passing between the hind legs and rising at the side forming the cord attachment. The underside signed with the artist's initials.
HEIGHT 5 cm
Condition: Excellent condition
Auction comparison:
For the work that inspired this piece see a large wood netsuke of a tiger, by Naito Toyomasa, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 6 November 2012, London, lot 104 (sold for GBP 103,250).
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BART JANSZEN: TIGER
By Bart Janszen, signed with the artist's initials BJ
Netherlands, 2023
Seated, the boxwood netsuke carved with the feline's head lowered to the left as it looks back with a ferocious expression, the face carved with a wry smile, fangs poking through, and eyes double-inlaid with black and translucent horn. The body finely carved with stripes and its thick, well-carved tail passing between the hind legs and rising at the side forming the cord attachment. The underside signed with the artist's initials.
HEIGHT 5 cm
Condition: Excellent condition
Auction comparison:
For the work that inspired this piece see a large wood netsuke of a tiger, by Naito Toyomasa, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 6 November 2012, London, lot 104 (sold for GBP 103,250).
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