Tobacco Box with Turtles in Lotus and Grasses (Cleveland Museum of Art 1919.569)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1760
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1919.569: Tobacco Box with Turtles in Lotus and Grasses, c. 1760. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Box: wood with color and metal, shell, and stone inlay; toggle (ojime): ceramic; netsuke: wood; overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). Inscribed: Box signed: 岷江 花押; sealed: 岷江; netsuke signed: 栗斎 (Box signed: Minkō, with monogram (kaō); sealed: Minkō; netsuke signed: Rissai). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- Box: wood with color and metal, shell, and stone inlay; toggle (ojime): ceramic; netsuke: wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
- Measurements
- Overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
- Material and technique
- Box: wood with color and metal, shell, and stone inlay; toggle (ojime): ceramic; netsuke: wood
Design
- Inscription
- Box signed: 岷江 花押; sealed: 岷江; netsuke signed: 栗斎 (Box signed: Minkō, with monogram (kaō); sealed: Minkō; netsuke signed: Rissai)
Identification
- Date recorded
- c. 1760
- Culture period
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1919.569
- Museum classification
- Miscellaneous
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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