Tobacco box, netsuke and ojime, Japan
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tobacco box, netsuke and ojime in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number W.322:1 to 3-1922), made in Japan. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco box decorated with two ladies on veranda, wood and horn, Japan. Museum description: Tonkotsu (tobacco box) decorated with two ladies on garden verandas. Wooden core, with painted paper covered with horn (celluloid) and the cord channels in horn/tusk, with wooden ends and horn over the exposed areas. The museum records it as Wood, horn, painted on white ground in blue, green, red and black, measuring Height 5.8 cm; Width 5.7 cm; Depth 3.4 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
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- wood, horn
- Dimensions
- Height 5.8 cm; Width 5.7 cm; Depth 3.4 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Wood, horn, painted on white ground in blue, green, red and black
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco box, netsuke and ojime
- Museum object number
- W.322:1 to 3-1922
- Museum system number
- O457757
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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