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Collections

Ōhara Mitsuhiro
Sea Cucumber and Chestnut: Edible Treasuresmid-19th century

Not on view
Vertical sculpture with a jet-black, heavily textured and serrated body, with a smooth, glossy orange-brown seed-like form embedded at its center
Artist or Maker
Ōhara Mitsuhiro
Japan, 1810-1875
Title
Sea Cucumber and Chestnut: Edible Treasures
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Ebony, stained boxwood, ivory with sumi
Dimensions
2 3/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in. (5.6 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.157
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
  • 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.