An Ivory Netsuke

An Ivory Netsuke
Signed with a kao, Edo Period (Early 19th Century)
Katabori, stained ivory; a small and compact group of Chinnan Sennin sitting on a low stool and forcing open the jaws of his dragon, a sword at his back and a gourd and pouch at his left side, signed under the stool, with a kao based on the character yoshi (bi)
1 x 1 5/16in. (2.6 x 3.3cm.)