SQUIRREL BY ICHIMIN

Estimate

2,500 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

SQUIRREL BY ICHIMIN
Signed Ichimin to
Wood, the eyes inlaid
3.5cm., 1 3/8 in.

The squirrel is depicted reclined, with its front paws gripping a cluster of grapes and its hind paw clutching its bushy tail to the front of its body. Its head is raised in an alert manner.

Literature

Another almost identical example by Ichimin is illustrated in Victor Harris, Netsuke The Hull Grundy Collection in the British Museum, p.70, no.311.