A boar-tusk netsuke of a dragonBy Kanman (1793-1859), Iwami Province, early 19th centuryThe tusk of pronounced curvature, carved in high relief with a dragon, its head turned back over its body and its eyes inlaid in mother-of-pearl and dark horn, the broad end plugged with a silver plate, signed Iwami-no-kuni Kakuhodo Kanman to (carved by Kakuhodo Kanman of Iwami Province) with a kao and traces of a further short signature to the left. 11.7cm (4 5/8in).注脚猪牙彫根付　竜　銘 「石見国霍峯堂貫満刀（花押）」　19世紀前期Published: Ducros, NS, p.94, no.202.Rokusho 20, p.46, no.56.Earle, Huthart, p.226, no.196.