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Koma Kansai School
Okamelate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small lacquered netsuke sculpture of a seated figure in layered robes, clutching a round object, decorated with gold inlay and incised wave patterns

Koma Kansai School, Okame, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Koma Kansai School
Japan, late 19th-early 20th century
Title
Okame
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Gold and colored lacquer
Dimensions
1 7/8 × 1 9/16 × 1 1/4 in. (4.76 × 3.97 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.71
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • 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.
  • Goodall, Hollis. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 1." International Netsuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 14-22.

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