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Female Daruma Doll18th century, 20th-century additions

Not on view
Small ceramic sculpture in a rounded gourd form, with a human face at the top and large lily-like flowers in cream relief against a stippled peachy-tan glaze

Unknown, Female Daruma Doll, 18th century, 20th-century additions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Female Daruma Doll
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century, 20th-century additions
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Ivory with sumi, red pigment
Dimensions
1 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 5/16 in. (3.3 x 3.1 x 3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.275
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.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.