Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Ming Bowl with FishJanuary 1957

Not on view

Carved ivory or bone circular dish viewed from above, filled with densely packed relief-carved fish and leaf forms in cream white

Artist or Maker: Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title: Ming Bowl with Fish
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: January 1957
Period: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, red lacquer
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 1/4 in. (3.8 x 0.6 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.56
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
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.
Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
Atchley, Virginia G. "The Pavilion of Japanese Art in Los Angeles." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 8, no.4 (1988): 18-25.
Copyright: © artist or artist's estate

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Ming Bowl with FishJanuary 1957

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title: Ming Bowl with Fish
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: January 1957
Period: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, red lacquer
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 1/4 in. (3.8 x 0.6 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.56
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
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.
Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
Atchley, Virginia G. "The Pavilion of Japanese Art in Los Angeles." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 8, no.4 (1988): 18-25.