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Shōki: The Demon Quellerearly 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Shōki: The Demon Queller
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: early 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions: 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 15/16 in. (3.3 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.136
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. The Inr¯o Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inr¯o and Lacquer. New York: John Weatherhill, Inc., 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.