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Kan'u: Chinese God of Warearly 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Kan'u: Chinese God of War
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: early 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium: Stag antler with staining, sumi
Dimensions: 2 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. (5.2 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.15
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. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.