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
mid to late 19th century
Ichiyu
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Late 19th century
About 1885
Late 18th–early 19th century