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Collections

Kaigyokusai (school of)
Bowl with Pomegranateslate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory lidded bowl with a relief wave-scroll band, topped with a sculptural lid of leaves and three pomegranate-like fruits, one split open to reveal seeds

Kaigyokusai (school of), Bowl with Pomegranates, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kaigyokusai (school of)
Title
Bowl with Pomegranates
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Ivory with sumi
Dimensions
(a) fruit: 1 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 15/16 in. (3.5 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm); (b) bowl: 1 3/16 x 1 1/4 in. (3.0 x 3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.178a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • 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.