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Collections

Suzuki Tōkoku
Owl and Moonlate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small circular Japanese metalwork fitting with a granular dark olive-gray ground and a gold-alloy owl in high relief, wings spread wide, facing forward
Artist or Maker
Suzuki Tōkoku
Japan, Tokyo, 1846-1913
Title
Owl and Moon
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Wood with inlays, lacquer; manjū type
Dimensions
1 5/16 x 1/2 in. (3.4 x 1.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.238
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • 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. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.