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Hōkkyō Sessai
Skeletonmid- to late 19th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory or bone sculpture of a reclining human skeleton, lying on its back with skull at left and feet extending to the right, detailed ribcage and spine visible

Hōkkyō Sessai, Skeleton, mid- to late 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hōkkyō Sessai
Japan, 1820-1879
Title
Skeleton
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid- to late 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Stag antler with staining; sashi type
Dimensions
4 13/16 x 15/16 x 11/16 in. (12.2 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.11
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.
  • Waszak, Steve. "Sessai: Echizen Master." International Netsuke Society Journal 16, no.4 (1996): 11-30.

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