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Cat20th century

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Small carved netsuke with a glossy amber cat face in relief set into a dark textured oval, framed by a smooth pale ivory-colored outer ring

Unknown, Cat, 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Cat
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
20th century
Medium
Corozo nut, ivory; manjū type
Dimensions
2 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 13/16 in. (5.2 x 4.7 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.221
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 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.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: N." International Netsuke Society Journal 30, no.3 (2010): 28, 32-39.

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