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Ryūminsai Teikei
Handaka Sonja: Disciple of the Buddha with Dragonearly 19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke of a stout, bald figure in dynamic pose, one leg raised, clutching a fish and carrying a large bundle, with polished chestnut-brown surface

Ryūminsai Teikei, Handaka Sonja: Disciple of the Buddha with Dragon, early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ryūminsai Teikei
Title
Handaka Sonja: Disciple of the Buddha with Dragon
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Wood with inlays
Dimensions
3 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 15/16 in. (8.57 × 3.81 × 2.38 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.40
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • 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.