TAXIDERMY: INDIAN TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS) BY VAN INGEN...
TAXIDERMY: INDIAN TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS) BY VAN INGEN & VAN INGEN, MYSORE, INDIA, 1936 Skin rug with head mount, mouth agape, 1936. Glass eyes with typical canvas backing with serrated green felt trim. Stencilled number verso and with original care label. Together with framed provenance, including newspaper cutting. Shot by Major Richard John Vernon-Betts on 23rd Jan 1936. CITES Annex A, Appendix 1, exempt. 323cm from nose to end of tail, 224cm from front paw to front paw when outstretched. Condition: There is a small hole just below the neck and some areas of more patchy fur on the body just behind each leg joint. The tips of the ears have lost some fur. Some loss of colour. Some whiskers lacking.
Estimated at £5,000 - £8,000
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TAXIDERMY: INDIAN TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS) BY VAN INGEN & VAN INGEN, MYSORE, INDIA, 1936 Skin rug with head mount, mouth agape, 1936. Glass eyes with typical canvas backing with serrated green felt trim. Stencilled number verso and with original care label. Together with framed provenance, including newspaper cutting. Shot by Major Richard John Vernon-Betts on 23rd Jan 1936. CITES Annex A, Appendix 1, exempt. 323cm from nose to end of tail, 224cm from front paw to front paw when outstretched. Condition: There is a small hole just below the neck and some areas of more patchy fur on the body just behind each leg joint. The tips of the ears have lost some fur. Some loss of colour. Some whiskers lacking.
Estimated at £5,000 - £8,000
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