Title: Flowers and Grasses with a Praying-Mantis
Object type: Netsuke
Date: late 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Attributed to Ryūsa 
Artist bio: Japanese, active late 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification: Netsuke
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Insects, term: Flowers