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Collections

Tomotada
Resting Ox18th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke of a reclining water buffalo with engraved line details stained brown, horns curving upward, mouth open with visible teeth, and a tiny figure carved beneath its belly
Ivory netsuke of a recumbent ox, warm honey-toned with dark ink-stained details, finely carved striped coat, curling horns, and expressive face with open mouth.
Artist or Maker
Tomotada
Japan, active before 1781
Title
Resting Ox
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions
2 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (5.4 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.126
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
  • 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.