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Collections

Chikuyōsai Tomochika
Seven Rat Groupmid-19th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke carved as four intertwined rats with chestnut-brown fur detail and inlaid dark eyes, viewed from slightly above
Ivory netsuke carved as a compact cluster of rats, one with dark-stained fur atop several cream-colored companions, with finely incised whiskers, coiled tails, and inlaid black eyes.
Artist or Maker
Chikuyōsai Tomochika
Title
Seven Rat Group
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions
1 9/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in. (4.0 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.116
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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.