A large lacquered boar-tusk netsuke with poemsIwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century
Partially lacquered dark brownish-green and inscribed in resist with Chinese and Japanese poems, the design continuing over all sides; signed Nankoku sanjin(?) and inscribed near the broad end in illegible characters. 13cm (5 1/8in).注脚猪牙彫根付　漢詩・和歌　銘 「南国山人（花押）」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Provenance:
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection.
Sold at Christie's, London, Part II, 18 October 1988, lot 192.

Published:
Shichida, SI, p.47, fig.2.
Rokusho 20, p.78, no.117.
Burditt, ICLS, p.38, fig.1.
Earle, Huthart, p.215, no.187.