Title: Incense Burner in Form of a Praying Mantis
Object type: Incense burner
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Iron, gold, lining of silver
Dimensions: H. 3 1/3 in. (8.9 cm); L. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Insects