Title: Netsuke of Clam Shells
Object type: Netsuke
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Formerly Attributed to Garaku 
Artist bio: Japanese, active second half of the 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); L. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Classification: Netsuke
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Shells