Gyokuzan
Octopusearly 19th century

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Artist or Maker: Gyokuzan
Japan, active early 19th century
Title: Octopus
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: early 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium: Red and black Negoro lacquer with inlays
Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. (5.8 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.152
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.
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
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.
Atchley, Virginia G. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.3 (1985): 12-15.
Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.

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Artist or Maker: Gyokuzan
Japan, active early 19th century
Title: Octopus
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: early 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium: Red and black Negoro lacquer with inlays
Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. (5.8 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.152
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.
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
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.
Atchley, Virginia G. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.3 (1985): 12-15.
Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.