Two Boxers on the Farm, Antique Outdoors Tintype columbia The is a 4 character

The is a 4 character syllabic signature carved just to the left of his foot

The world of Japanese Netsuke is incredibly complex (and incredible

shows some of the original paint still hanging on where it would least have been handled--a wonderful yellow on the top of the rockers

original to it it appears

The shape of the dark green painted head on this one

Two Boxers on the Farm, Antique Outdoors Tintype columbia The is a 4 characterFound in New Hampshire, near Vermont, and I would confidently wager that's around where it was taken a century and a half ago or so. Im a sucker for a photo of a boxer, better yet two boxers, and even better a tintype, with this one pretty rare as far as Ive seen for being shot outdoors, with the pairs situation on what looks to be a farm lending a whole different sort of atmosphere and context. Im never sure with these "dukes u"p poses whether the