Title: Crab on a Lotus Leaf
Object type: Netsuke
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868)
Medium: Ivory body, patinated copper disk with mixed-metal and gilded details
Dimensions: Diam. 1 3/4 in. (1.5 cm); D. 9/16 in. (1.5 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: Leaves