Title: Bronze crab
Object type: Furniture attachment or base in the form of a crab
Date: 3rd–1st century BCE
Culture: Greek
Period: Hellenistic
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 2 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 in., 2 lb. (5.7 × 16.5 × 14 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. John Moscahlaidis Gift, 1992
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Crabs