Shell Game (Kaiawase) Set

Medium

Clam shells painted in gold and color

Dimensions

Each approx.: H. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); D. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

Classification

Shell

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Yukikazu Iwasa, in honor of Mrs. Shizuko Iwasa, 1988

Accession Number

1988.289.1a, b–.31a, b

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