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Grazing Horseearly 19th century

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Small ivory or bone netsuke of a horse with head bowed to its hooves, deeply carved flowing mane with dark-pigmented incised lines
Ivory netsuke of a horse with head lowered and arched back, warm yellow-toned carving with finely incised mane rendered in parallel curved lines, compact rounded form.

Unknown, Grazing Horse, early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Grazing Horse
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 3/8 x 1 7/16 x 15/16 in. (6.1 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.70
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.
  • Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.

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