Tongue-Cut Sparrow

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Tongue-Cut Sparrow

Alternate Title: Shitakiri suzume
Japan, early 19th century
Costumes; Accessories
Wood with double inlays
1 1/2 × 1 5/16 × 1 1/16 in. (3.81 × 3.33 × 2.7 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (M.91.250.337)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Bushell, Raymond.  Collector's Netsuke.  New York:  Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Hurtig, Bernard. "Collecting Legends." Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society, 1, no.1 (1973): 4-7.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  Collector's Netsuke.  New York:  Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Hurtig, Bernard. "Collecting Legends." Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society, 1, no.1 (1973): 4-7.
  • Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
  • 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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