2013
Type: Netsuke
Sold. Russia, private collection.
Materials: Fallow-deer antler.
Dimensions: 70×20×17
Weight: 11.8 g.
The netsuke depicts a most happy charging boar. An antler of a European fallow deer (Dama dama) was used as material for the figurine. An insert made of fossil buffalo bone bears the carver´s signature.