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Collections

Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Zodiac Animalsmid- to late 19th century

Not on view
Spherical openwork sculpture, possibly ivory, carved with intertwined animals including a tiger, horse or ox, and dragons, with red inlaid eyes and fine incised detailing throughout
Ivory netsuke in a compact spherical form, densely carved in the round with multiple intertwined rats and a coiled snake, with finely incised fur and scale textures in warm cream and amber tones.
Artist or Maker
Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Japan, 1813-1892
Title
Zodiac Animals
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid- to late 19th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays; ryūsa type
Dimensions
1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 7/8 in. (4.1 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.41
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.