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Chinese Boy with Puppymid-19th century

Not on view
Small, dark brown polished wood sculpture of two chubby child figures, one clutching the other from behind, with finely carved fabric folds and an open-mouthed face

Unknown, Chinese Boy with Puppy, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Chinese Boy with Puppy
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 5/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 9/16 in. (4.2 x 3.0 x 3.9 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.131
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
  • 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.