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Collections

Masayoshi
Suisaimid-19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke of a crouching mythical horned creature with a tortoise shell on its back, warm chestnut brown with polished surface and incised grain lines
Artist or Maker
Masayoshi
Title
Suisai
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Wood with inlays
Dimensions
1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3.1 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.182
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.