Tobacco box, Japan
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tobacco box, Japan is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum's brief description reads: Inrō decorated with small panels, reishi fungus and inlaid metal, Japan.
Museum description: Tonkotsu-shaped inrō of reishi fungus covered with clear lacquer and decorated with inlaid metal panels, and a portrait of Daruma in high relief. The metal panels are decorated with a portrait of a sage, a foxes' wedding, and a blue flower. The museum record gives material recorded as lacquer, metal; measurements Height 6.7 cm; Width 9.3 cm; Depth 5.3 cm; place associated: Japan. 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
- lacquer, metal
- Dimensions
- Height 6.7 cm; Width 9.3 cm; Depth 5.3 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- reishi fungus, clear lacquer, inlaid metal, cloisonné
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco box
- Museum object number
- W.121-1923
- Museum system number
- O458588
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 museum record and a specialist reference.