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Collections

Naoaki
Standing Dolls Inside a Cherry Blossomlate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke carved in the round, circular petal form enclosing two standing figures in layered robes with incised leaf motifs, one with dark-pigmented hair

Naoaki, Standing Dolls Inside a Cherry Blossom, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Naoaki
Japan, active late 19th-early 20th century
Title
Standing Dolls Inside a Cherry Blossom
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Ivory with light staining, sumi; manjū type
Dimensions
1 5/16 x 7/16 in. (3.4 x 1.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.32
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.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: D." International Netsuke Society Journal 28, no.2 (2008): 22-27.