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Unknown
Chinese Lion19th century

Not on view
Small celadon-glazed ceramic figure of a crouching lion-like creature with an open mouth, pale mint green glaze pooling in carved details, white on raised surfaces

Unknown, Anonymous, Chinese Lion, 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
Chinese Lion
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Porcelain with celadon glaze
Dimensions
2 1/8 x 15/16 x 1 1/16 in. (5.4 x 2.3 x 2.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.56
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. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Goodall, Hollis. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 1." International Netsuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 14-22.