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Walking Skeletonearly 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Walking Skeleton
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: early 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium: Narwhal tusk with staining, sumi
Dimensions: 3 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in. (9.2 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.119
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Joly, Henri L. W.L. Behrens Collection, Part I: Netsuke. Reprint. New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corp., 1966.
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.