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Heavenly Spirit: Karyōbinga18th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke sculpture of a reclining figure with a woman's head and torso and a bird's feathered body, with finely incised feather and hair detail

Unknown, Heavenly Spirit: Karyōbinga, 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Heavenly Spirit: Karyōbinga
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/16 in. (6.7 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.294
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Joly, Henri L. W.L. Behrens Collection, Part I: Netsuke. Reprint. New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corp., 1966.
  • 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 Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part IV. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.