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Collections

Tomotada
Daoist Immortal, Koreijin, and Tigerbefore 1781

Not on view
Small carved ivory or bone netsuke of a robed, bald man leaning against a crouching tiger, both figures with engraved surface detail, on an oval base
Artist or Maker
Tomotada
Japan, active before 1781
Title
Daoist Immortal, Koreijin, and Tiger
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
before 1781
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
1 7/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. (4.7 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.192
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.