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Collections

Ōuchi Gyokusō
Diving Girl Sleeping on Dried Bonitofirst half of 20th century

Not on view
Netsuke sculpture combining dark reddish-brown wood and pale ivory, depicting a long-snouted fish with open jaws and inlaid eyes, a small nude human figure curled on its back
Artist or Maker
Ōuchi Gyokusō
Title
Diving Girl Sleeping on Dried Bonito
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
first half of 20th century
Medium
Wood, ivory with staining, loose pearl, inlays
Dimensions
2 5/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in. (6.7 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.107
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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.