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Collections

Kyūsai Tetsugen
Cicada on Pine Barkearly 20th century

Not on view
Carved ivory-toned netsuke or ornamental object in the shape of a seed pod with a high-relief bee at the top and incised Chinese characters near the base
Artist or Maker
Kyūsai Tetsugen
Title
Cicada on Pine Bark
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 20th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi; sashi type
Dimensions
6 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. (16.6 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.76
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.