Lot 400 D ‡ α

An ivory netsuke of two sleeping boars. Late 18th century

Both sleeping, reclining on a bed of oak leaves. One animal resting its head on the back of the other. The leaves to the reverse very finely carved. Chipped. Chip to one ear, and all around the edges of the bed of leaves.
Height 2.3 cm; width 5 cm