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Tsukamoto Kyokusai
Chrysanthemumlate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Carved wooden sphere covered in an intricate openwork network of interlocking ribbon-like scrolls and curls, in warm caramel-brown wood with a polished surface
Carved wood netsuke in a rounded form, densely carved with intertwining flower petals and curling leaves in warm honey-brown tones, with openwork passages throughout; a small incised seal mark visible at lower right.
Boxwood netsuke carved in the round as a chrysanthemum bloom, with deeply undercut overlapping petals radiating from a central knot, a small insect figure perched at upper left, and a small carved seal mark visible on its body.
Artist or Maker
Tsukamoto Kyokusai
Title
Chrysanthemum
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 7/16 x 7/8 in. (3.6 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.309
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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.