An unusual boar-tusk netsuke with a recumbent ox
Probably Iwami Province, 19th centuryCarved in shishiaibori with a recumbent ox, its head lowered to the right and its tail trailing; signed with an unidentified seal. 12cm (4?in).
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猪牙彫根付 臥牛 在印(不詳) 19世紀Provenance:Carlo Monzino Collection.Sold at Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1995, lot 241.Published:Earle, Huthart, p.220, no.192.Burditt, ICLS, p.38, fig.2.