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Snail

Alternate Title: 蝸牛

Japan, late 18th-early 19th century
Costumes; Accessories
Ivory with dark staining, sumi
1 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. (4.4 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (AC1998.249.144)
Japanese Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Bushell, Raymond.  Collector's Netsuke.  New York:  Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  Collector's Netsuke.  New York:  Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
  • Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • Hurtig, Bernard. The Netsuke Hall of Fame's Record Breakers. Honolulu: Bernard Hurtig's Orientwest, 1983.
  • 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.
  • Takamado no Miya Hisako. Kogiroku. Heisei 24nendo. Kananmachi (Osakafu): Osaka geijutsu daigaku, 2013.
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