Title: Netsuke of Crab on a Shell
Object type: Netsuke
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Netsuke
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Crabs, term: Shells