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Collections

Kokeisai Sanshō
Workman and Daruma Dolllate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke of a crouching heavyset figure with inlaid eyes, gripping a cloth bundle containing an ivory face inset, honey-brown polished surface
Artist or Maker
Kokeisai Sanshō
Title
Workman and Daruma Doll
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Wood with sumi, pigments, inlays
Dimensions
1 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 in. (5.0 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.169
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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.