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Tanaka Minkō
Chinese Lion on a Roof Tilelate 18th-early 19th century

Not on view
Small carved dark wood netsuke in the form of a scroll or log, with a highly detailed shishi lion-dog crouching on top and a tomoe roundel carved on the rolled end

Tanaka Minkō, Chinese Lion on a Roof Tile, late 18th-early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tanaka Minkō
Title
Chinese Lion on a Roof Tile
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th-early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Wood with inlays
Dimensions
1 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in. (4.8 x 3.3 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.321
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.