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Samurai Armor19th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke carved as a full samurai armor set displayed on a storage box, with detailed incised lacework, a menpo face mask, and kabuto helmet
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Samurai Armor
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, thread, inlays
Dimensions
2 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 13/16 in. (5.4 × 2.86 × 2.06 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.308a-b
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. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • 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.
  • Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982