Okimono - high art of carving (22 works)

Okimono “carved figurine” is a work of Japanese decorative and applied art, a figurine intended for interior decoration.
Historically, the term okimono referred to small sculptures or decorative objects placed in the tokonoma of a traditional Japanese home. In a broad sense, okimono includes everything that is placed on a shelf to decorate the interior: bone carvings, dolls, flower vases, etc. Okimono is similar in design, in plots, and often in size to netsuke, but The okimono does not have a hole for the cord, which is found in the netsuke.

Kazuo's work was exhibited at several international exhibitions and rightfully gained fame as the “Japanese Madonna.” In the image of the young mother one can discern a resemblance to the famous Madonna Benois by Leonardo da Vinci. The master created several versions of it - in bronze (one of the copies is in the collection of Nasser D. Khalili), in wood and bone. The most valuable, of course, is the model carved from ivory, which adorns the collection of Kharkov businessman and philanthropist A. Feldman.

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