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Collections

Yoshinaga
Lizard and Centipede18th century

Not on view
Small carved honey-brown object in the form of a bivalve shell with a cicada in relief along the front edge and a small frog perched at the back rim

Yoshinaga, Lizard and Centipede, 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Yoshinaga
Title
Lizard and Centipede
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (2.5 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.109
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part IV. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • 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.