Tiger Licking Its Paw, 17th century, Attributed to Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Japanese, died c. 1640, 40 x 18 3/8 in. ( x cm) (image)73 x 23 7/16 in. ( x cm) (overall, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 17th century, The endearing pose of a tiger licking his paw was a standard theme among Chinese painters of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). The Japanese painter Tawaraya Sōtatsu might have seen such a painting but instead of imitating the precise, descriptive brushwork of Chinese-style ink painters, he rendered this tiger in pale tonalities

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