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Tōmin
Pair of Three-Clawed Animalsearly 19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke of a crouching shishi lion with an open snarling mouth, inlaid dark eyes, and incised fur texture, warm chestnut-brown patina
Wood netsuke of a compact, rounded creature with finely incised fur texture, small inlaid eyes, and a grimacing face turned upward, in dark reddish-brown patinated wood.

Tōmin, Pair of Three-Clawed Animals, early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tōmin
Title
Pair of Three-Clawed Animals
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Wood with inlays
Dimensions
1 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 in. (3.7 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.29
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • 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.
  • Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.