Kikugawa Family
Octopus Grasping a Pearl Divermid-19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Kikugawa Family
Japan, active 1844-1867
Title: Octopus Grasping a Pearl Diver
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid-19th century
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, red pigment
Dimensions: 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 1 in. (3.81 × 3.18 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.62
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
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Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 1. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.