Large Japanese Wood Okimono of a Bantam 'Rooster', Hen and Baby Chicks, 19th Century

A finely signed Japanese carved large cockerel with an impressive plume of tail feathers standing over his family consisting of a hen and baby chicks as they pick at the ground searching for food. The details finely wrought and highlighted with stain. The eyes are made of glass. The Japanese Bantam or Chabo is a Japanese breed of ornamental chicken. It is a true bantam breed, meaning that there are no large fowl counterparts. It characterised by very short legs (the result of hereditary chondrodystrophy) and a large upright tail that reaches much higher than the head of the bird.

Dimensions Height: 18 in. (45.72 cm) Width: 10 in. (25.4 cm) Depth: 19 in. (48.26 cm)

Materials and Techniques Wood, Carved, Hand-Carved

Place of Origin Japan

Period 19th Century