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Family Crestslate 19th century

Not on view
Small circular carved object in honey-brown material, with openwork lattice of eight botanical-motif roundels surrounding a central triskelion spiral
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Family Crests
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi; ryūsa type
Dimensions
1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 9/16 in. (4.2 x 4.2 x 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.40
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.
  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.

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