69. NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT UN TIGRE Par Masanao, Kyoto, fin du XVIIIe siècle A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER By Masanao, Kyoto, late 18th century The tiger seated, propping itself up slightly on its forelegs, turning to its left, its ears folded down its head, its tongue sticking out playfully, its long tail wrapping around its right side, its eyes inlaid; signed on the base in an oval reserve Masanao. 4.2cm x 4.4cm (1 5/8n x 1¾in). 木彫根付　虎　銘「正直」　18世紀後期 Provenance: Betty Jahss Collection. Sold at Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1991, lot 9. Robert Chasin Collection, by repute. Purchased from Rosemary Bandini, May 2013. Exhibited and Published: Scholten Japanese Art, ES, pp.104-105, no.126. NS19, p.70, no.122. For a similar example by the artist from the Harriet Szechenyi Collection, see R. Bandini, SON, p.68, no.87.