Title: Netsuke of Octopus
Object type: Netsuke
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 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: Octopus