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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
MoleDecember 1960

Not on view
Small dark stone sculpture of a crouching animal, possibly a bear or seal, with incised fur texture and a single pale inlaid eye

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Mole, December 1960, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Mole
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
December 1960
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Ebony with inlays
Dimensions
2 5/16 x 1 x 1 in. (5.9 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.269
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
  • 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.
  • Takamado no Miya Hisako. Kogiroku. Heisei 24nendo. Kananmachi (Osakafu): Osaka geijutsu daigaku, 2013.
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate

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