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Unknown
Buaku Mask18th-19th century

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke carved as a bald human head with bulging eyes, a broad nose, and a wide grinning mouth showing teeth, aged to warm butter yellow

Unknown, Buaku Mask, 18th-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Buaku Mask
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/16 in. (4.5 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.6
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. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 1985.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.