Snail on Boar Tusk

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Snail on Boar Tusk

Alternate Title: 猪の牙に蝸牛

Japan, 1787
Costumes; Accessories
Boar tusk with sumi, buffalo horn
3 1/2 x 13/16 x 1/2 in. (9.0 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (M.91.250.15)
Japanese Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Bushell, Raymond.  Collector's Netsuke.  New York:  Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Goodall, Hollis. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 1." International Netsuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 14-22.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  Collector's Netsuke.  New York:  Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Goodall, Hollis. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 1." International Netsuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 14-22.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell.  London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
  • 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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