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Pearl Diverlate 18th century

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Small ivory or bone netsuke-style sculpture of a standing figure with incised dark hair and grass skirt, rounded belly, head tilted back, one hand raised to the head

Unknown, Pearl Diver, late 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Albert G. Wassenich, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Pearl Diver
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with sumi
Dimensions
2 5/8 x 1 1/16 x 5/8 in. (6.7 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Albert G. Wassenich
Accession Number
34.13.395
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art

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