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Collections

School of Masanao
Substitute Dolllate 18th century

Not on view
Small ivory or bone sculpture of a kneeling human figure with long incised hair, arms raised to the neck, smooth rounded form with warm yellow tones and dark brown grain

School of Masanao, Substitute Doll, late 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
School of Masanao
Japan, late 18th-19th century
Title
Substitute Doll
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 3/16 x 1 1/16 x 11/16 in. (5.5 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.22
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.
  • Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: D." International Netsuke Society Journal 28, no.2 (2008): 22-27.
  • Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.