Ryūkei I
Pacific Islander Using Spyglasslate 18th-early 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Ryūkei I
Japan, active late 18th-early 19th century
Title: Pacific Islander Using Spyglass
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 18th-early 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 2 15/16 x 1 1/16 x 13/16 in. (7.5 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.306
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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.