A large and unusual walrus tusk near-manjû of Yôkô. 19th centuryCarved partly in openwork with a fierce tiger attacking Yôkô on one side and an old man sitting by a rock with a teapot on the other. The eye pupil of the tiger inlaid in metal. This is one of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety. Yôkô threw himself at the tiger thereby enabling the old man to flee, the son on the other hand was devoured by the tiger.Width 4.9 cmProvenienzPurchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, 14.9.1985Coll. no. 484 (printed and handwritten)Dieses Objekt wurde unter Verwendung von Materialien hergestellt, für die beim Export in Ländern außerhalb der EU eine Genehmigung nach CITES erforderlich ist. Wir machen darauf aufmerksam, dass eine Genehmigung im Regelfall nicht erteilt wird.A large and unusual walrus tusk near-manjû of Yôkô. 19th centuryCarved partly in openwork with a fierce tiger attacking Yôkô on one side and an old man sitting by a rock with a teapot on the other. The eye pupil of the tiger inlaid in metal. Width 4.9 cmThis lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to inform you that such licenses are usually not granted.