LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2025

Museum Hours

Monday

11 am–6 pm

Tuesday

11 am–6 pm

Wednesday

Closed

Thursday

11 am–6 pm

Friday

11 am–8 pm

Saturday

10 am–7 pm

Sunday

10 am–7 pm

 

  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2025
Collections

Shō (or Noboru?)
Egg Testerearly 20th century

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke of a crouching bald man in a robe, mouth open, holding a small object to his lips, with finely stippled surface texture on lower garments
Artist or Maker
Shō (or Noboru?)
Title
Egg Tester
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 20th century
Medium
Ivory with dark staining, sumi, lacquer inlay
Dimensions
1 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 13/16 in. (3.8 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.290
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.