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Toyomasa II
Resting Oxmid-19th century

Not on view
Small carved netsuke in amber-brown wood or ivory, depicting a reclining ox with rope halter, polished surface, and fine incised detail

Toyomasa II, Resting Ox, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Toyomasa II
Japan, 1811-1883
Title
Resting Ox
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Boxwood with inlays
Dimensions
1 1/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 5/16 in. (2.7 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.100
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part III. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.

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