Model of a Monkey in a Wave-tossed Boat Fighting with an Octopus

mid 19th century

Ikkyu

Japanese, 19th century

Wood with inlaid shell and horn

1 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in. (2.54 x 4.45 x 1.59 cm)

Gift of the Robert B. and Honey Dootson Collection

91.173

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, A Thousand Years of Beauty: Japanese Art in Seattle, July 16, 2001 - Nov. 17, 2002.

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