LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE KAIGYOKU MASATSUGU

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An Ivory Netsuke**
Late Edo Period (19th century), with signature Kaigyoku Masatsugu
Modelled as a boar resting on a bed of autumn leaves with grasses draped over his back, the rockwork beside him with dewdrops of applied silver; signature on the underside of the rock without a reserve; himotoshi probably added later
1¾in. (4.4cm.) long

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Lot Essay

For other examples of a Kaigyokusai boar see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, and how to read their signatures (Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981), p. 561 and William Watson, ed., The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo period 1600-1868 (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1981), no. 279 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

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