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Frogs in Clamshelllate 19th century

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Frogs in Clamshell
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 19th century
Medium: Ivory with sumi
Dimensions: (a) netsuke: 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (2.2 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm); (b) ojime: 13/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. (2.0 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.126a-b
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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.
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.