Pipe, Japan, ca.1800-1850 (M.35-1947)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca.1800-1850
This tobacco pipe has a wooden centre and silver ends with sunk relief engraving inlaid with copper, gold and the copper-gold alloy shakudo. The decoration depicts Empress Jingo (170-269) holding her horse, whilst above the banners and spears of her army are seen passing behind a hill.
Tobacco pipe. On the mouthpiece, it features the Empress Jingo on her horse and the banners of her army. The pipe has a dark wood tube, with a long, thin mouthpiece.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials and techniques
- Silver, gold and 'shakudo'; wooden tube
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Mitsuyoshi
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O39439
- Museum object number
- M.35-1947
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
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: wider type attribution beyond the museum record.