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Collections

Ōhara Mitsuhiro
Gingko Nutmid-19th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory or bone object in the form of an oval fruit, butter-yellow with hairline cracks and a carved ridge along the top surface

Ōhara Mitsuhiro, Gingko Nut, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ōhara Mitsuhiro
Title
Gingko Nut
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ivory with sumi
Dimensions
1 13/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/16 in. (4.6 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.305
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.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: H." International Netsuke Society Journal 29, no.2 (2009): 50-55.