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Toshiaki
Whalelate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small carved whale netsuke in reddish-brown and ivory tones, with incised throat grooves and inlaid eye, polished smooth

Toshiaki, Whale, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Toshiaki
Title
Whale
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Ivory with dark staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions
2 9/16 x 7/8 x 3/4 in. (6.6 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.223
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • 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.

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