Miyagi Chokusai
Octopus Grasping a Pearl Diverlate 19th-early 20th century

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Artist or Maker: Miyagi Chokusai
Title: Octopus Grasping a Pearl Diver
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 19th-early 20th century
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, mother-of-pearl inlays
Dimensions: 1 15/16 × 1 1/8 × 13/16 in. (4.92 × 2.86 × 2.06 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.138
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Miyagi Chokusai
Title: Octopus Grasping a Pearl Diver
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 19th-early 20th century
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, mother-of-pearl inlays
Dimensions: 1 15/16 × 1 1/8 × 13/16 in. (4.92 × 2.86 × 2.06 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.138
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.