Design for Silver Plate Decorated with Crabs
16th century
Pen and black ink, brush and gray and yellow wash
41.7 × 28.4 cm (16.4 × 11.2 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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