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Collections

Shigemasa
Frog on Well Bucket Coverearly 19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke, dark chestnut brown with polished finish, depicting a textured frog seated atop a rounded, leaf-shaped base with cord holes on the underside

Shigemasa, Frog on Well Bucket Cover, early 19th century (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shigemasa
Title
Frog on Well Bucket Cover
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 9/16 x 1 x 1 in. (3.9 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.26
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.