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Unknown
Ghostlate 18th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory or bone sculpture of a gaunt standing figure with long straight hair, robed and belted, with one gold-inlaid eye

Unknown, Ghost, late 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Ghost
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
3 3/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in. (8.2 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.96
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.
  • Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
  • Bushell, Raymond. The Wonderful World of Netsuke. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1964.

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