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Collections

Katsura Mitsunaga
Preparing Seven-herb Gruel for the New Yearearly 19th century

Not on view
Small circular netsuke with ivory outer ring and inset bronze relief of a seated figure in court robes and tall hat, leaning over a low table
Artist or Maker
Katsura Mitsunaga
Title
Preparing Seven-herb Gruel for the New Year
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Gold disk, ivory bowl; kagamibuta type
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 7/16 in. (4.5 x 1.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.232
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part III. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • 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.