Unknown
Chinese Boysmid-19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Chinese Boys
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid-19th century
Medium: Hirado ware; porcelain with purple, green, brown, and black glazes
Dimensions: 1 15/16 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in. (5.0 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.58
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
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: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part III. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.