Lot 195
A TAXIDERMY BENGAL TIGER HEAD, VAN INGEN & VAN INGEN, MYSORE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The Line of Beauty: A Collector’s Pursuit
Auction: 01 July 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
circa 1935-40, with open mouth snarling pose with slight tilt to the right, on a typical large ebonised shield, with ‘Van Ingen Mysore’ ivorine label to the left edge, also stamped to verso of the shield, remnants of paper care label and pencil inscribed number ‘23796’
Dimensions
70cm high, 59cm wide, 51cm out from the wall
Footnote
CITES STATUS: Bengal Tiger Panthera tigris - CITES Appendix I - Annex A - Article 10 Exempt as a worked specimen in a finished state before 3 March 1947
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