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Unknown
Pumpkin19th century

Not on view
Porcelain object modeled as a ribbed white-glazed gourd with a cobalt blue ruffled fungus motif and amber-brown stem and tendrils
Porcelain snuff bottle or vessel in the form of a ribbed gourd, white glaze with a relief-molded blue leaf and gilded vine tendrils along the surface.

Unknown, Anonymous, Pumpkin, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Pumpkin
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hirado ware; porcelain with blue glaze
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/4 in. (4.4 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.59
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.
  • Komada, Makiko. Netsuke. Tokyo: Kadokawa, 2015.
  • Goodall, Hollis. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 1." International Netsuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 14-22.

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