Okatomo
Kyoto, 18th century
monkey and young
height 1 1/8 in., 3 cm
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An ebony (or black persimmon) study of monkey grooming her young, both with eyes inlaid with dark stone. Signed within a rectangular reserve on the underside of the mother's right hip, Okatomo.
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For a similar wood (possibly ebony or black persimmon) study of a monkey holding a peach by Okatomo, see Harris, Netsuke: The Hull Grundy Collection in the British Museum, no. 237, p. 60. |
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$12,500
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