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Collections

Kenya
Okamemid- to late 19th century

Not on view
Small glazed ceramic figure of a kneeling person wearing a blue, green, and white floral-patterned robe with a pale, smiling face and dark hair
Small ceramic figurine viewed from the back, with a glossy black domed head above robes decorated with white daisy flowers with yellow centers and geometric hexagonal patterns in black and white, set against blue and green grounds; two small circular perforations visible in the midsection.

Kenya, Okame, mid- to late 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kenya
Japan, Kyoto, active 1825-1889
Title
Okame
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid- to late 19th century
Medium
Stoneware with colored glazes and overglaze enamels
Dimensions
1 11/16 × 7/8 × 13/16 in. (4.29 × 2.22 × 2.06 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.73
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 1. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.

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