- Title
- Octopus Form Box
- Date Made
- late 19th century
- Medium
- Hirado Mikawachi ware, porcelain with blue and brown glazes
- Dimensions
- a) Lid (head): 3 3/4 x 4 x 3 1/4 in. (9.53 x 10.16 x 8.26 cm); b) Box (body): 3 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (7.62 x 17.15 x 11.43 cm); Overall: 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (17.15 x 17.15 x 11.43 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2002.147.2a-b
- Collecting Area
- Japanese Art
- Selected Bibliography
- Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.