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Menuki: Lobster

Place of OriginJapan
DateEdo Period (1615-1868), 19th century
DimensionsL: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
MediumRed bronze.
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Noah H. Swayne
Object number
1925.101
Not on View
DescriptionLobster with tail curled.
Menuki: Lobster
Edo Period (1615-1868), 19th century
Menuki: Lobster against a background of large leaves
Edo Period (1615-1868), 19th century
Menuki: Nio
Edo Period (1615-1868), 19th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba):  Engraved Scroll Pattern
early 19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Sword Guard (Tsuba):  Lobster and Fern Leaves
Masayuki
mid-18th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Statue of a Youth
mid-2nd to early 3rd century CE (Severan?)
Statuette of Nefertum or Khonsu
Unidentified
20th Dynasty (1189–1077 BCE)
Netsuke: Rat
Masanao (of Kyoto)
19th century

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