66. NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT UN TIGRE MORDANT DANS UNE POUSSE DE BAMBOU Par Matsuda Sukenaga, Takayama, Province de Hida, début du XIXe siècle A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER EATING A BAMBOO SHOOT By Matsuda Sukenaga, Takayama, Hida Province, early 19th century The starved tiger crouched over, ravenously biting into a large bamboo shoot, its ribcage showing through its fur, its long tail passing up over its back, the eyes inlaid; signed on its right leg in a rectangular reserve Sukenaga. 3.8cm (1½in) long. 木彫根付　虎　銘「亮長」　19世紀前期 Provenance: Purchased from Sydney L. Moss, June 1997. Exhibited and Published: Bandini, IAN, p.71, no.134.