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Okito (Tobias Bamberg). Marquetry Panel of a Monastic Scene by Okito. [Chicago], 1950. Finely composed inlaid hardwood panel pictures a monk standing in a long outdoor corridor, with a fountain on the grounds before him. Bamberg business card mounted to verso between two of his embossed portrait seals, and bearing his inscription on the card, “To Joe and Ester / happy Christmas / 1950.” Stamped “Okito/Maker/U.S.A.” on recto. 16 x 20 ½\. Rare. Okito is an acknowledged master craftsman of magic apparatus and illusions