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This is a Japanese netsuke (a traditional small figurine used as a toggle/fastener for a kimono) depicting a crouching tiger, created by the artist Sekiran in the 19th century.

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This is a Japanese netsuke (a traditional small figurine used as a toggle/fastener for a kimono) depicting a crouching tiger, created by the artist Sekiran in the 19th century.

Crouching Tiger

Sekiran (active c. 1800–1875)

Japan

Edo period or early Meiji period (mid- to late 19th century)

Bamboo with inlay (for the eyes)

Approximately 4.1 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm

Part of the Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Netsuke were traditionally worn on a cord (sagemono) to attach small items—such as a coin purse or a medicine container (inro)—to the obi sash of a kimono.

https://collections.lacma.org/object/84854