Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History



  • Netsuke: Crab on a decaying lotus leaf, 19th century
    Japanese
    Ivory, copper alloy, gold

    H. 9/16 in. (1.5 cm), Diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
    Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891 (91.1.940)

    A crab of copper alloy sidles across this decaying lotus leaf. The upturned edges of the leaf and the crab's claw are rendered in gold.

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  • Netsuke: Crab on a decaying lotus leaf, 19th century
    Japanese
    Ivory, copper alloy, gold

    H. 9/16 in. (1.5 cm), Diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
    Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891 (91.1.940)


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