An ebony netsuke of a recumbent oxBy Kanman (1793-1859), Iwami Province, early 19th centuryLying with its legs folded beneath its body, a halter tied through its nose and forming an S-shape over its back, its eyes inlaid in pale and dark horn, signed in an irregular reserve Iwami-no-kuni Kanman to (carved by Kanman in Iwami Province) with a kao. 7.8cm (3 1/8in).注脚黒檀彫根付　臥牛　銘 「石見国貫満刀（花押）」　19世紀前期Published:Rokusho 20, p.48, no.60.Earle, Huthart, p.282, no.253.