Nagai Rantei
Snakelate 18th-early 19th century

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Artist or Maker: Nagai Rantei
Japan, late 18th-early 19th century
Title: Snake
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 18th-early 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/16 in. (6.7 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.102
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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 Introduction to Netsuke. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1971.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.

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