Netsuke in the Form of Clamshell with Attached Crab and Long-tailed Turtle

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Netsuke in the Form of Clamshell with Attached Crab and Long-tailed Turtle

Alternate Title: Hirado Mikawachi sometsuke tetsuyū mirukui ni kani to kame netsuke

Japan, 19th century
Ceramics
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron glaze
1 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (2.5 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm)
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman (M.2004.216.7)
Not currently on public view