Miura Yoshinaga
A Confucian Paragon: Tang Furen breast-feeding her mother-in-lawlate 19th century

Not on view

Small ivory-toned carved sculpture of two robed figures with topknots, one standing and one crouching, faces nearly touching, with dark-stained incised detail throughout

Artist or Maker: Miura Yoshinaga
Title: A Confucian Paragon: Tang Furen breast-feeding her mother-in-law
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory with sumi
Dimensions: 3 3/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 5/16 in. (8.2 x 5.8 x 3.4 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.90
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
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.
Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.

Miura Yoshinaga
A Confucian Paragon: Tang Furen breast-feeding her mother-in-lawlate 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Miura Yoshinaga
Title: A Confucian Paragon: Tang Furen breast-feeding her mother-in-law
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory with sumi
Dimensions: 3 3/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 5/16 in. (8.2 x 5.8 x 3.4 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.90
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
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.
Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.