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Collections

Ishikawa Mitsuaki
Chinese Lion Dancerlate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke carved as a squat supernatural creature with a wide open mouth, furrowed brows, and spherical knobs on its head, seated with arms folded

Ishikawa Mitsuaki, Chinese Lion Dancer, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ishikawa Mitsuaki
Title
Chinese Lion Dancer
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
1 3/16 × 1 3/16 × 1 in. (3.02 × 3.02 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.313
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.