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ICHIBAN STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN. We are starting to close down our business, a process that will take us a couple of years - age and health issues tell us it is time. We still have over 1,100 items either currently listed on our website catalog or still to be posted onto it. So, from now on ALL ITEMS IN THE CATALOG MAY BE PURCHASED AT 40 % OFF THE LISTED PRICE. At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased. We reserve the right to require a 15 % re-stocking fee in cases where the reason for the return is suspect. With thanks for your years of patronage, we look forward to serving you until the last items are sold.

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A Beautiful Inuit Ivory Carving of a Polar Bear Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: Eskimo: Pre 1980   item# 944083 (stock# ICHI 3197)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 975.00  This is a remarkable piece of carving by an Inuit (Eskimo) carver made from a single tooth of a whale or walrus tusk ivory. It is so incredibly simple yet powerful that it very much reminds me of a sculpture by the great master, Brancusi – see footnote **. It has the same graceful flow that characterizes Brancusi’s work – yet clearly defines the subject in an unmistakable manner. There can be no doubt that this is a polar bear. ...click for details Return To Top PAGE: 1