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Pearl Diver with Clam18th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke of a seated heavyset figure with long dark hair, open mouth, and crossed legs, with incised line details

Unknown, Pearl Diver with Clam, 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Pearl Diver with Clam
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Ivory with sumi
Dimensions
1 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in. (3.8 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.18
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.
  • Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: A." International Netsuke Society Journal 27, no.3 (2007): 58-63.