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Collections

Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Bridge PostMay 1923

Not on view
Small decorative vessel with a honey-tan carved lower body textured to resemble wood grain, topped by a polished reddish-brown cylinder inscribed with Chinese characters and a gourd-shaped finial

Sōko (Morita Kisaburō), Bridge Post, May 1923, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Title
Bridge Post
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
May 1923
Period
Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Wood with staining
Dimensions
2 7/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in. (6.3 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.245
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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 Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part IV. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.