Аукцион Bidspirit | An ivory netsuke of a

An ivory netsuke of a recumbent wild boar. Kyoto school. Edo period. 18th century. - Signed Masanao. Leaves, its ears drawn back and its legs folded beneath for compactness, the well-toned ivory slightly worn. 2 x 5 x 4 cm. The model is very similar in form to the example by Tomotada of Kyoto, illustrated by Neil K. Davey, Netsuke, a Comprehensive Study based on the M. T. Hindson Collection, Faber & Faber Ltd., and Sotheby’s Parke Bernet Publications, London, 1974, p.69, no.178.