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Octopusmid-19th century

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Octopus
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid-19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, double inlays
Dimensions: 7/8 × 2 × 1 1/2 in. (2.22 × 5.08 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.92
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.
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.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: H." International Netsuke Society Journal 29, no.2 (2009): 50-55.

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Octopus
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid-19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, double inlays
Dimensions: 7/8 × 2 × 1 1/2 in. (2.22 × 5.08 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.92
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.
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.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: H." International Netsuke Society Journal 29, no.2 (2009): 50-55.