An ivory netsuke of a boar signed Masatsugu

An ivory netsuke of a recumbent boar

Signature: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (1813-1892)

Osaka, 19th century

Leght: 4.6 cm 

Lying with open eyes, facing ahead as it rests on a bed of autumn leaves passing over its back to one side; the rockwork beside him and the grasses with dewdrops of applied silver and amber, the eyes in dark horn. The fur and other details rendered using very fine incised and stained lines.