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Collections

Tsukamoto Kyokusai
Camellialate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small ivory-toned carving in the form of an open flower viewed from above, with broad overlapping petals surrounding a detailed central disk with radiating stamens and a ring of carved beads
Ivory netsuke carved in the form of a camellia flower with rounded, overlapping petals and a small bud at the side; small characters in Japanese script inscribed near the center.

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

Artist or Maker
Tsukamoto Kyokusai
Title
Camellia
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Ivory with light staining, sumi
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 11/16 in. (4.4 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.86
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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 Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: H." International Netsuke Society Journal 29, no.2 (2009): 50-55.
  • Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.