A boar-tusk netsuke with Ishiyamadera
19th centuryThe tusk with a landscape design of Ishiyama Temple on a rocky cliff amongst clouds, the pagoda at the top of the peak with several trees, the main hall below, a full moon in the sky above, inscribed Ishiyama shugetsu (autumn moon at Ishiyama); unsigned. 9.3cm (3 5/8in).
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猪牙彫根付 石山秋月 無銘 19世紀Published:Earle, Huthart, p.218, no.190.'Autumn Moon at Ishiyama' is one of the Omi hakkei (Eight Views of Lake Biwa), a set often seen in Japanese art from around 1500, inspired by the Chinese Song-dynasty 'Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers'.