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Collections

Shigemasa
Frog on Well Bucket Coverearly 19th century

Not on view
Small bronze sculpture of a frog with pebbly skin texture perched on a ribbed, circular lily pad base, warm golden-brown patina
Artist or Maker
Shigemasa
Title
Frog on Well Bucket Cover
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Wood with staining
Dimensions
1 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.8 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.45
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.