Polychromed Indian Tiger Figure From Karnataka - 19th Century Origin - China Hand-carved from teak and retaining

Hand-carved from teak and retaining traces of its original red and black pigment

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Polychromed Indian Tiger Figure From Karnataka - 19th Century Origin - China Hand-carved from teak and retainingThis colourful and characterful Indian tiger toy figurine is from Channapatna in Karnataka. Channapatna is renowned to this day for its production of painted Indian toys. Tigers have been a symbol of India for over 5000 years and remain so to this day. Production of these figurines began in the mid 19th century with an example from 1865 on display in the V&A museum. From India References: Similar examples can be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum,