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Collections

After Mitsuhiro
Tea Kettlelate 19th century

On view: David Geffen Galleries
Small squat ceramic vessel with dark brown pebbly unglazed surface, flat lid with round knob, and two honey-amber rings threaded through lug handles on each side

After Mitsuhiro, Tea Kettle, late 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
After Mitsuhiro
Japan, late 19th-20th centuries
Title
Tea Kettle
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th century
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ebony, ivory inlays
Dimensions
1 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (2.8 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.232a-b
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.
  • 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. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Goodall, Hollis. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 1." International Netsuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 14-22.