A small boar-tusk netsuke with a squirrel on a grapevine
By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), early 19th centuryCarved in relief over one whole side with a squirrel clambering over a grapevine, its tail trailing, its eyes inlaid in dark horn; signed Nihon San'indo Iwami Enokawa Seiyodo Bunshojo chokoku (Carved by Seiyodo Bunshojo by the Eno River in Iwami Province, in the San'indo region of Japan) with a seal Seiyo. 7cm (2?in).
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猪牙彫根付 葡萄の蔓に栗鼠 銘 「日本山陰道石見可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻」 19世紀前期Published: Burditt, ICB, p.39, figs.26-27.Rokusho 20, p.24, no.25.Earle, Huthart, p.116, no.96.