Zodiac Animals

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Zodiac Animals

Alternate Title: 十二支

Japan, mid- to late 19th century
Costumes; Accessories
Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays; ryūsa type
1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 7/8 in. (4.1 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (M.87.263.41)
Japanese Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part III. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • 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.
  • Atchley, Virginia G. "Kaigyokusai: An Appreciation." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 12, no.4 (1992): 10-21.
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