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Tiger Licking Tail

(Japanese)
early to mid-19th century
Object PlaceGifu, Japan
Medium/TechniqueStained boxwood, eyes inlaid in horn, ivory teeth
Dimensions3.5 x 3.0 x 4.0 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman
Accession number47.639
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNetsuke
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ProvenanceGiven by Dr. Ernest Goodrich Stillman in 1947.
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
early 19th century
early 19th century
mid-19th century
late 18th–early 19th century
late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century