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Collections

Shūkōsai Anraku
Chinese Boy and Water Buffalomid-19th century

Not on view
Small ivory-toned sculpture of a robed figure draped over the back of a water buffalo, stained in amber and dark brown tones, mounted on a geometric key-fret base
Artist or Maker
Shūkōsai Anraku
Japan, active early to mid-19th century
Title
Chinese Boy and Water Buffalo
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 15/16 in. (4.5 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.122
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.