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Chinese Boy with Cat18th century

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke sculpture of a chubby standing child holding a round-headed doll, warm honey-amber tone with fine carved detail

Unknown, Chinese Boy with Cat, 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Chinese Boy with Cat
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 3/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in. (5.6 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.278
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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. The Wonderful World of Netsuke. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1964.
  • 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.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: C." International Netsuke Society Journal 28, no.1 (2008): 28-31.