- Title
- Octopus Grasping a Pearl Diver
- Date Made
- early 19th century
- Period
- Edo period (1603 - 1868)
- Medium
- Ivory with staining, sumi, lacquer, and inlays
- Dimensions
- 1 15/16 x 1 x 3/4 in. (5.0 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.90.186.13
- 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.