Four-lobed tobacco box
Also known as: Vierlobbige tabaksdoos
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700 - 1750
Four-lobed tobacco box — Rijksmuseum object NG-1994-11. Dated by the museum: 1700 - 1750. Museum attribution: silversmith: anonymous, Japan; silversmith: anonymous, Indonesia.
Material: bronze (metal), silver (metal). Museum description: Four-lobed tobacco box with various motifs on the individual panels. On the lid: 3 buffaloes; on the bottom: bird and flower motifs; on the sides: flower motifs.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- bronze (metal) · silver (metal)
- Dimensions museum
- height 4.5 cm x width 13 cm x depth 7 cm x weight 264 g
Identification
- Original title
- Vierlobbige tabaksdoos
- Museum object number
- NG-1994-11
- 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.
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