Text and picture courtesy of Galerie Zacke, Vienna.
Beautifully carved as a ferociously crouching tiger, the wood finely stained and the fur coat achieved with alternating incised and polished areas. The thick tail curls up over the animal’s bulky body and the large chubby paws are inlaid with stag antler claws. Signed underneath the right hind paw with the artist’s initials. Natural himotoshi.
ADAM BLAND 