A small boar-tusk netsuke with a spider
Iwami Province, 19th centuryCarved in relief, with a small spider crawling towards the narrow tip, the eyes inlaid in dark horn; signed with incised characters Iwami no kuni no junin (a resident of Iwami Province) with a kao. 6cm (2 3/8in).
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猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛 銘 「石見国住人(花押)」 19世紀Provenance:W. G. Bosshard Collection.Published:Earle, Huthart, p.213, no.185.