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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
SalamanderJanuary 1970

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of a coiled lizard or salamander with a glossy ivory and brown spotted glaze and raised granular texture along the spine

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Salamander, January 1970, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Salamander
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
January 1970
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Whale tooth with silver nitrate, sumi, black tortoiseshell inlays
Dimensions
2 1/4 x 1 1/16 x 1/2 in. (5.7 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.189
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
  • 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate