Tobacco box with netsuke
Also known as: Tabaksdoos met netsuke
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tobacco box with netsuke is held by Rijksmuseum. Museum description: Tobacco box with netsuke in the shape of a fish. On the box itself a depiction of the appearance of the ghost of O-kiku in inlay work. Signed "ritsuo". Openwork ball around cord and inner box in tobacco box. The museum record gives material recorded as On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands; measurements height 9.7 cm; width 8.8 cm; depth 5.1 cm; length 23 cm; place associated: Japan; urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.537. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
- Dimensions
- height 9.7 cm; width 8.8 cm; depth 5.1 cm; length 23 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- wood (plant material); lacquer (coating); coral (material); tin (metal); gold (metal)
- Place recorded
- Japan; urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.537
Identification
- Europeana id
- /90402/AK_MAK_703
- Museum object name
- Tabaksdoos met netsuke
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
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
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.