A Fine Ivory Netsuke of a Sleeping Wild Boar

A Fine Ivory Netsuke of a Sleeping Wild Boar
Signed Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (1813-1892), Osaka, Edo period (19th century)
The boar resting on a bed of autumn leaves with grasses draped gracefully over its back, rockwork beside and the grasses with dewdrops of applied silver, pale and dark cow horn, the fur and other details rendered using very fine incised and stained lines
4.5 cm. long