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Kiyoshi
Carp19th century

Not on view
Small polished dark lacquer or hardstone sculpture of a carp fish, head angled downward, with finely carved overlapping scales and an amber inlaid eye

Kiyoshi, Carp, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kiyoshi
Title
Carp
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Ebony
Dimensions
1 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 7/8 in. (4.3 x 8.2 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.34
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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.
  • Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Introduction to Netsuke. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1971.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 1. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.

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