Title: Netsuke of Daruma Admonishing a Mermaid Serving Sake to an Octopus
Object type: Netsuke
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification: Netsuke
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Mermaids, term: Octopus