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Snake Encircling Turtleearly 19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke of a coiled snake wrapped over a tortoise, with finely detailed diamond-pattern scales and incised shell scutes, in warm chestnut brown tones
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Snake Encircling Turtle
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Wood with inlays
Dimensions
2 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/16 in. (5.3 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.315
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.