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Yoshimura Shūzan (after)
Dragon Standing on Clouds19th century

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Small polychrome sculpture of a rearing dragon-like creature covered in scale relief carving, painted in olive green, red, and blue, standing on a wave-form base
Ceramic figure of a rearing dragon-like creature with scaled body, open jaws, and green-painted head, glazed in gold, pink, green, and blue, standing on a stylized wave base.
Artist or Maker
Yoshimura Shūzan (after)
Japan, late 18th-19th century
Title
Dragon Standing on Clouds
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Wood with pigments
Dimensions
3 9/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/16 in. (9.l x 3.1 x 3.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.92
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Beckett, Sister Wendy. Sister Wendy's American Collection, Toby Eady Associates, ed. Harper Collins Publishers, 2000.
  • 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.

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