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Yoshinaga
Resting Boar18th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke of a reclining boar with amber-brown patina, its mouth open wide biting a coiled rope, with finely incised lines suggesting bristled fur
Ivory netsuke carved in the form of a crouching rabbit beside a leafy gourd, with fine incised fur texture, dark-stained details, and an inlaid oval reserve bearing Japanese characters.

Yoshinaga, Resting Boar, 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Yoshinaga
Title
Resting Boar
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions
2 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 7/8 in. (6.0 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.103
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 Inr¯o Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inr¯o and Lacquer. New York: John Weatherhill, Inc., 1979.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: H." International Netsuke Society Journal 29, no.2 (2009): 50-55.