Bazan
Praying Mantis on Beansecond half of 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Bazan
Title: Praying Mantis on Bean
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: second half of 19th century
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 2 1/16 x 15/16 x 11/16 in. (5.3 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.83
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
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.
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part IV. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.