Chinese Boy Playing Drum

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Chinese Boy Playing Drum

Alternate Title: 太鼓を打つ唐子
Japan, late 19th-early 20th century
Costumes; Accessory
Boxwood with inlays
1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (2.8 x 2.8 x 2.9 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (AC1998.249.285)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: H." International Netsuke Society Journal 29, no.2 (2009): 50-55.
  • 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.