Five Dragon Group

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Five Dragon Group

Alternate Title: 龍五匹
Japan, mid-19th century
Costumes; Accessories
Ivory with staining, sumi, red pigment, inlays
1 7/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/16 in. (4.7 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (M.91.250.57)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Meinertzhagen, Frederick. The Art of the Netsuke Carver. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1956.
  • Bushell, Raymond. The Wonderful World of Netsuke. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1964.
  • Meinertzhagen, Frederick. The Art of the Netsuke Carver. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1956.
  • Bushell, Raymond. The Wonderful World of Netsuke. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1964.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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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