A brown-lacquer single-case inro with a boar-tusk netsuke By Jack Coutu (1924-2017), English, carved February-March 1996 (no.257) and February 1996 (no.255) The inro lacquered in relief with a fleeing boar in a thunderstorm, the reverse with a flash of lightning inlaid in silver, signed JC; the netsuke carved in relief with a boar resting among grasses, signed JC; the ojime of ivory in the form of a resting boar, the eyes inlaid, signed JC; with the artist's reference cards for the inro and netsuke. The inro: 7.2cm (2 7/8in) high; the netsuke: 11.3cm (4½in). (3).
A brown-lacquer single-case inro with a boar-tusk netsuke By Jack Coutu (1924-2017), English, carved February-March 1996 (no.257) and February 1996 (no.255) The inro lacquered in relief with a fleeing boar in a thunderstorm, the reverse with a flash of lightning inlaid in silver, signed JC; the netsuke carved in relief with a boar resting among grasses, signed JC; the ojime of ivory in the form of a resting boar, the eyes inlaid, signed JC; with the artist's reference cards for the inro and netsuke. The inro: 7.2cm (2 7/8in) high; the netsuke: 11.3cm (4½in). (3).
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