Tobacco box, ojime and netsuke, Japan, 1800-1850
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1800-1850
Tobacco box, ojime and netsuke in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number W.321:1 to 3-1922), made in Japan, dated 1800-1850. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco box decorated with ducks and fret pattern, lacquer on rayskin, Japan, 1800-1850.
Museum description: Tonkotsu (tobacco box) decorated with stylized ducks on a diaper ground. Black lacquer on a rayskin ground with a wooden lid decorated in gold hiramaki-e. The museum records it as Rayskin ground, black takamaki-e (high relief maki-e), gold hiramaki-e (low relief maki-e), measuring Height 7.4 cm; Width 5.6 cm; Depth 3.5 cm. These details come from the 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- lacquer, shagreen
- Dimensions
- Height 7.4 cm; Width 5.6 cm; Depth 3.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Rayskin ground, black takamaki-e (high relief maki-e), gold hiramaki-e (low relief maki-e)
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco box, ojime and netsuke
- Museum object number
- W.321:1 to 3-1922
- Museum system number
- O457753
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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