Heron

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Heron

Alternate Title: Sagi
Japan, June 1974
Costumes; Accessories
Ivory with light staining, sumi, black coral inlays
1 7/8 x 1 3/16 x 7/8 in. (4.7 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (M.91.250.89)
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.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar:  New Principles for Collecting.  New York:  Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar:  New Principles for Collecting.  New York:  Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Bushell, Raymond.  An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 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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