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Shōko
Giraffe Pair1960

Not on view
Small honey-brown sculpture of a resting horse with a dramatically coiled tail arcing overhead, a tiny monkey figure nestled in the curve, possibly carved ivory or dense resin
Artist or Maker
Shōko
Title
Giraffe Pair
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1960
Medium
Boxwood
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/16 in. (4.4 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.74
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. The Wonderful World of Netsuke. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1964.
  • 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.