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Unknown
Roly-Poly Daruma19th century

Not on view
Small glazed ceramic vessel with a squat, rounded form; mottled brown, gray, and orange glaze; a cream-colored sculptural face with wide eyes and open mouth modeled in relief near the unglazed, irregular rim

Unknown, Roly-Poly Daruma, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Roly-Poly Daruma
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Seto ware; glazed stoneware
Dimensions
1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (2.8 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.67
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: D." International Netsuke Society Journal 28, no.2 (2008): 22-27.