A small boar-tusk netsuke with a minogame and ferns
By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, late 18th centuryThe turtle crawling over the edge, its long flowing tail trailing behind, the ferns carved in delicate kebori; signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunsho horu (carved by the Eno River in Iwami Province by Seiyodo Bunsho). 7.7cm (3in).
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猪牙彫根付 蓑亀に羊歯 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章彫」 18世紀後期Published:Earle, Huthart, p.114, no.94.