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Collections

Shigemasa
Snail on Well Bucketearly 19th century

Not on view
Carved wood netsuke or container resembling bundled bamboo segments, with a naturalistically sculpted snail with a tan spiral shell perched on the rim
Carved wood netsuke depicting a small barrel with vertical stave detailing in dark brown, topped by a finely carved snail with textured shell in warm amber tones, shown tipped on its side.
Artist or Maker
Shigemasa
Japan, active 1801-1820
Title
Snail on Well Bucket
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Wood with staining
Dimensions
1 5/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/16 in. (4.1 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.127
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.