Netsuke in the form of a man struggling with an octopus
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueIvory, with staining
DimensionsOverall: 2.8 x 3.5 cm (1 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5889b
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Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
mid to late 19th century
Ichiyu
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Late 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century