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Kyūsai Tetsugen
Prawnearly 20th century

Not on view
Small ivory-toned carved sculpture of a curled shrimp or prawn, with a smooth rounded carapace and intricate openwork legs and antennae

Kyūsai Tetsugen, Prawn, early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kyūsai Tetsugen
Title
Prawn
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 20th century
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
1 15/16 x 1 x 9/16 in. (5.0 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.130
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.
  • Goodall, Hollis. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 1." International Netsuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 14-22.