Chinese Lion Dance Mask

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Chinese Lion Dance Mask

Alternate Title: Shishi gashira
Japan, late 19th century
Costumes; Accessories
Wood with red and gold lacquer, inlays
1 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (2.8 x 3.5 x 4.1 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (AC1998.249.227)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Bushell, Raymond.  Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar:  New Principles for Collecting.  New York:  Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar:  New Principles for Collecting.  New York:  Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  Netsuke Masks.  San Francisco:  Kodansha International, Ltd., 1985.
  • Goodall, Hollis, Virginia G. Atchley, Neil K. Davey, Christine Drosse, Sebastian Izzard, Odile Madden, and Robert T. Singer. The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke:  A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc.; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003.
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