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Bronze Crab in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2010

Bronze Crab in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2010
Bronze Crab
Greek, 3rd- 1st century BC

Accession # 1992.11.69

The hole at the top of the carapace indicates that the crab served as a furniture attachment or as a base, possibly for a lamp. The naturalistic articulation presupposes firsthand observation of a live specimen.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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