A boar-tusk netsuke with a bird
By Sansai, second half of the 19th centuryThe large tusk carved in low relief, a bird perching on a tree trunk, a flowering plant on a rocky outcrop below; signed Sansai Tenso with a kao. 10cm (3 15/16in).
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猪牙彫根付 鳥 銘 「山斉典相(花押)」 19世紀後期Published:Lazarnick, NIA, p.912.Rokusho 20, p.78, no.116.Earle, Huthart, p.329, no.301.