Tōmin
Pair of Three-Clawed Animalsearly 19th century

Not on view

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.