Praying Mantis on Bean

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Praying Mantis on Bean

Alternate Title: 豆に螳螂
Japan, second half of 19th century
Costumes; Accessories
Wood
2 1/16 x 15/16 x 11/16 in. (5.3 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (AC1998.249.83)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Bushell, Raymond.  Collector's Netsuke.  New York:  Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  Collector's Netsuke.  New York:  Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part IV. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • 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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