Ishikawa Rensai
Chinese Lionmid- to late 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Ishikawa Rensai
Title: Chinese Lion
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 19th century
Medium: Stag antler with inlays
Dimensions: 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (2.3 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.17
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
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.
Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.