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Anonymous Folk Artist
Chinese Lion Masklate 18th-early 19th century

Not on view
Small lacquered carved object in mahogany red-brown depicting a demon or oni head with bulbous nose, furrowed brow, inset circular eyes, and a row of carved teeth along the jaw

Anonymous Folk Artist, Chinese Lion Mask, late 18th-early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous Folk Artist
Title
Chinese Lion Mask
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th-early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Wood with Negoro lacquer
Dimensions
2 7/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 5/8 in. (6.19 × 5.87 × 4.13 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.319
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 1985.
  • 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.