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Collections

Unknown
Dancing Fox18th century

Not on view
Small polished ivory or bone sculpture of a standing cat, hind legs planted, front paws raised to its face, tail curling forward into a loop
Netsuke carved from ivory or horn, depicting a standing cat with its tail curled around its body, natural brown and cream striations in the material creating contrasting tones across the smoothly polished surface.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Dancing Fox
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with dark staining and sumi (ink)
Dimensions
2 13/16 × 1 13/16 × 1 in. (7.14 × 4.6 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.69
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
  • Bushell, Raymond. "To Donate or Not to Donate." Impressions: the Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America 42, pt.2 (2021): 100-121.