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Unknown
Foreign Woman and Dogearly 18th century

Not on view
Ivory standing figure with incised scrollwork decoration, holding a lion-like creature, with elaborate topknot hairstyle and cloud-form footwear

Unknown, Foreign Woman and Dog, early 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Foreign Woman and Dog
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, metal fitting
Dimensions
6 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/16 in. (15.8 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.60
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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.
  • Joly, Henri L. W.L. Behrens Collection, Part I: Netsuke. Reprint. New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corp., 1966.
  • Atchley, Virginia G. "The Pavilion of Japanese Art in Los Angeles." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 8, no.4 (1988): 18-25.