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Hidari Issan
Walnut with Recumbent Deerearly 19th century

Not on view
Small lidded ceramic vessel with brick-red and dark brown glaze, oval form with low-relief carving of an animal among leaves on the lid and textured rocky or wave pattern on the body
Small carved netsuke in warm reddish-brown wood, teardrop-shaped form with an oval recessed panel depicting low-relief figures amid foliage, with dark patina in carved recesses and a polished smooth surface.
Small ceramic vessel in a teardrop form with a pointed top, warm amber-orange glaze mottled with dark brown patches, and a single circular opening centered on the front face.
Close-up detail of a reddish-brown ceramic or lacquered surface with three incised characters in an unidentified script, filled with dark metallic residue, shot with shallow depth of field.
Close-up of a ceramic object with amber-brown glaze, featuring a central circular perforation surrounded by a beaded ring, with heavily crazed and flaking glaze revealing dark clay beneath.
Close-up of the interior of a reddish-brown lacquered wooden netsuke or similar object, showing a central suspension hole, carved recesses, and handwritten accession numbers in black ink.

Hidari Issan, Walnut with Recumbent Deer, early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Albert G. Wassenich, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hidari Issan
Title
Walnut with Recumbent Deer
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Walnut with lacquer
Dimensions
Height: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Albert G. Wassenich
Accession Number
34.13.494
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: N." International Netsuke Society Journal 30, no.3 (2010): 28, 32-39.