MONKEY AND MUSHROOM BY OKATOMO

Estimate

3,500 - 4,000 GBP

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Description

MONKEY AND MUSHROOMBY OKATOMO
Signed in a rectangular reserve Okatomo
Ivory, the eyes inlaid
3.5cm., 1 3/8 in.

The ape is shown seated, leaning forward with its back bent over, one fore paw clutching the stalk of an upturned mushroom, the other scratching its left haunch.

Literature

Another very similar example by Okatomo is illustrated in Victor Harris, Netsuke, The Hull Grundy Collection in the British Museum, p.61, no.251.