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Tsuramitsu
Dragon on Boar's Tuskearly to mid-19th century

Not on view
Carved ivory-colored tusk-shaped vessel with a detailed dragon in relief coiling across the curved surface, with East Asian script inscription
Carved ivory tusk section in a curved, crescent form with an open rectangular end, decorated with a relief-carved dragon coiling along the surface, with a small inscription in East Asian script near the center.

Tsuramitsu, Dragon on Boar's Tusk, early to mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tsuramitsu
Japan, Iwami, 1793-1859
Title
Dragon on Boar's Tusk
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early to mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Boar tusk
Dimensions
3 13/16 x 3/4 x 7/16 in. (9.8 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.218
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.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 1. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • Komada, Makiko. Netsuke. Tokyo: Kadokawa, 2015.