A FINELY DETAILED IVORY NETSUKE of a wild boar beside a bed of leaves beneath a clump of pampas grass beside a boulder, eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Ryuheisai, late 19th century

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A FINELY DETAILED IVORY NETSUKE of a wild boar beside a bed of leaves beneath a clump of pampas grass beside a boulder, eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Ryuheisai, late 19th century
4.2cm. long

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The wild boar (inoshishi) is considered the most courageous of animals and forms a part of the Oriental zodiac

For an example by Kaigyokusai, see Coullery and Newstead, the Baur Collection, Geneva, No. C1188

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