The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke: A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

by Virginia G. Atchley, Hollis Goodall, Frances Bushell

Netsuke are Japanese miniature sculptures used as counterweights for objects suspended from a man's sash. This art form peaked during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when carvers produced masterpieces in a vast range of materials and subjects. Raymond Bushell was considered one of the foremost experts on netsuke in the world, and the works he and his wife, Frances, gave to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are a distillation of the finest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588860353
• ISBN13: 9781588860354
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Art Media Resources
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 6.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 9.8" x 11.2"