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Summer Heatmid-19th century

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Small ivory or bone netsuke-style sculpture of a bald, robed figure leaning forward and holding an open folding fan, with engraved surface details in chestnut brown

Unknown, Summer Heat, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Summer Heat
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 1/8 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in. (5.3 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.312
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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.

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