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Kyūsai Tetsugen
Daoist Immortalearly 20th century

Not on view
Small bronze or metal alloy sculpture of a standing elderly bearded man in flowing robes, with a reddish-brown and olive patina, possibly a netsuke

Kyūsai Tetsugen, Daoist Immortal, early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kyūsai Tetsugen
Title
Daoist Immortal
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 20th century
Medium
Wood with pigments
Dimensions
1 3/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. (3.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.95
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. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Introduction to Netsuke. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1971.
  • 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: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part III. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.