JAPANESE SHOWA OR HEISEI PERIOD IWAMI BOAR TUSK NETSUKE, 20t...

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£460

JAPANESE SHOWA OR HEISEI PERIOD IWAMI BOAR TUSK NETSUKE, 20th century, Carved to one side with a scaly dragon emerging from scrolling clouds, the reverse with a short sword the beast holds in its claws; signed Umikichi/Umiyoshi and with a red seal mark reading 'Yo', length: 10.4 cm; with a tomobako wood box inscribed 'I no ga netsuke, kenryu, Umikichi saku' (A boar’s tooth netsuke, with the design of a sword and dragon, made by Umikichi / Umiyoshi), with the seal 'Yo', box length: 12.1 cm

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General surface wear commensurate with age. Three cracks to the tusk on the widest side, longest crack approx. 3 cm. Multiple small cracks across the dragon's head.