Masanobu
Stylized Swimming Ducksecond half of 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Masanobu
Title: Stylized Swimming Duck
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: second half of 19th century
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions: 1 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 7/8 in. (4.0 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.262
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.
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. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.