Tobacco Box, 1663 - 1747
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1663 - 1747
Tobacco box with netsuke in the shape of a fish. On the box itself, a representation of the appearance of the ghost of O-Kiku in inlay work. Signed "ritsuo". Openwork ball around cord and inner box inside tobacco box.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as AK-MAK-703; its record gives material recorded as wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), gold (metal), tin (metal), coral (material); measurements height 9.7 cm x width 8.8 cm x depth 5.1 cm x length 23 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), gold (metal), tin (metal), coral (material)
- Measurements
- height 9.7 cm x width 8.8 cm x depth 5.1 cm x length 23 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 9.7 cm x width 8.8 cm x depth 5.1 cm x length 23 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tabaksdoos
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- AK-MAK-703
- Museum classification
- tobacco box
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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