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Tadamori and the Oil Thief19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke of two robed male figures wrestling, in warm honey-brown tone with smooth, polished surface and finely detailed facial expressions
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Tadamori and the Oil Thief
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Boxwood
Dimensions
2 1/4 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/16 in. (5.72 × 4.13 × 3.65 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.192
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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 Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.