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Collections

Kikugawa Family
Shōki Mounted on Chinese Lionmid-19th century

Not on view
Carved ivory or ivory-substitute dome with dark brown inked design of a warrior wielding a staff atop a curly-maned shishi creature, crosshatch-textured background

Kikugawa Family, Shōki Mounted on Chinese Lion, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kikugawa Family
Title
Shōki Mounted on Chinese Lion
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi; manjū type
Dimensions
2 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in. (5.1 x 5.0 x 2.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.28
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.