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Jobun
Dutchman Holding Puppylate 18th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory or bone figure of a standing person in a button-front coat, one hand raised to head, cradling a small animal, with animal-paw feet

Jobun, Dutchman Holding Puppy, late 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jobun
Japan, active late 18th-early 19th century
Title
Dutchman Holding Puppy
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Boxwood with inlays
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 15/16 x 11/16 in. (9.5 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.90.186.20
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
  • 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.