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Collections

Shukutō Atakanosuke
Snail on Loglate 18th-early 19th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory or bone object in an elongated, boat-like form, with striated ridges suggesting bundled reeds, a coiled spiral shell, and a small lizard figure on top

Shukutō Atakanosuke, Snail on Log, late 18th-early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shukutō Atakanosuke
Title
Snail on Log
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th-early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Boar tooth
Dimensions
1 15/16 x 3/4 x 9/16 in. (4.9 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.187
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.