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Suzuki Tōkoku
Gourd in String Baglate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Carved double-gourd vessel in deep mahogany brown with an openwork diamond-pattern net encasing the lower body and red and green cord binding at the waist

Suzuki Tōkoku, Gourd in String Bag, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Suzuki Tōkoku
Japan, Tokyo, 1846-1913
Title
Gourd in String Bag
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Wood, metal, glass, various inlays
Dimensions
2 1/16 x 15/16 x 15/16 in. (5.3 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.48
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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.
  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.