"Carved Ivory Netsuke, Japan, Signed Tomonobu, Meiji Period (1868–1912)"
Carved ivory netsuke, Japan, signed Tomonobu, Meiji period (1868–1912). Exquisite Japanese netsuke in patinated ivory depicting a boar (inoshishi). On the side, an incised oval signature 「友信」(Tomonobu), probably that of an artist active in Osaka during the Meiji period, cites provided