A small boar-tusk netsuke with a spider and ferns
Attributed to Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe small tusk carved in low relief with a small spider crawling around, its eyes inlaid, the ferns carved in delicate kebori; signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo horu (carved by the Eno River in Iwami Province by Seiyodo). 8.6cm (3 3/8in).
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猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛に羊歯 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂彫」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期Published:Earle, Huthart, p.30, no.10.